"I'd best send one of the children for him.

He'll have a cart with him.

Will you step inside, sir ?" I shook my head and answered her vaguely.

She sent a boy with a message, and brought me out a chair, dusting it carefully with her apron.
"You'd best sit down, sir.

You look all struck of a heap, so to speak.
Maybe you came upon it sudden." I was glad enough to sit down, but I answered her at random.