I get her t' eat little bits an' sups o' things, but she teks no notice o' nothin'.

I've took up Bessie wi' me now an' then'-- here Dorcas lifted to her lap a curly-headed little girl of three, who was twisting a corner of her mother's apron, and opening round eyes at the gentleman--'folks'll tek notice o' children sometimes when they won't o' nothin' else.

An' we gathered the autumn crocuses out o' th' orchard, and Bessie carried 'em up in her hand, an' put 'em on the bed.

I knowed how fond Miss Tina was o' flowers an' them things, when she was a little un.

But she looked at Bessie an' the flowers just the same as if she didn't see 'em.