"If you'll git up 'arly an' dust the main floor an' do the broom work an' fill the wood boxes an' fetch water, I'll see ye don't go hungry." "I suppose you will be going to England if the Doctor is detained there," said Jack.
"No, sir," Mrs.Franklin answered.

"I wouldn't go out on that ol' ocean--not if ye would give me a million pounds.

It's too big an' deep an' awful! No, sir! Ben got a big bishop to write me a letter an' tell me I'd better come over an' look a'ter him.

But Ben knowed all the time that I wouldn't go a step." There were those who said that her dread of the sea had been a blessing to Ben, for Mrs.Franklin had no graces and little gift for communication.

But there was no more honest, hard-working, economical housewife in Philadelphia.
Jack went to the shop and was put to work next morning.