In addition to this she was fond of Martha's mother.
"Thank you, sir," she said.

"Susan Sowerby and me went to school together and she's as sensible and good-hearted a woman as you'd find in a day's walk.

I never had any children myself and she's had twelve, and there never was healthier or better ones.

Miss Mary can get no harm from them.

I'd always take Susan Sowerby's advice about children myself.
She's what you might call healthy-minded--if you understand me." "I understand," Mr.Craven answered.