His wife does a little washing and charing; not much, for she is old and feeble.

No charity is offered to them--they have outlived old friends--nor do they appeal for any.

The people of the village do not heed them, nor reflect upon the spectacle in their midst.

They are merged and lost in the vast multitude of the agricultural poor.

Only two of their children survive; but these, having early left the farm and gone into a city, are fairly well-to-do.