For the third wife did not hesitate to characterise the child as "ready-made sin," and to declare that it took all her spare time, "and a lot that ain't spare," to neat up the house after her.

"And her paw--though Lord knows who her maw was--a-dressing her to beat the cars; while he ain't never made over me since the blessed day I married him--not that _much_! But, thank heavens, it can't last very long, with the Son of Man already started, like you might say.".