And she, with her apron full of eggs and her cheeks very red--it makes one warm to climb--went back to the house, resolved in some way to thank Cynthy Ann for sending her; but Cynthy Ann's face was so serious and austere in its look that Julia concluded she must have been mistaken, Cynthy Ann couldn't have known that August was in the barn.

For all she said was: "You got a right smart lot of eggs, didn't you?
The hens is beginnin' to lay more peart since the warm spell sot in.".