The old-fashioned way of goin' right after dinner, an' takin' your sewin's, a good deal better, accordin' to my way of thinkin', but they ain't done so for years here.

Elliot is a pretty fashionable place.

I s'pose it must be very different up in Green River, where you come from ?" "Yes, I guess 'tis," said Mrs.Field.
The front gate clicked, and Mrs.Maxwell peered cautiously around a lace curtain.

Two ladies in their best black dresses came up the walk, stepping with a pleasant ceremony.
"There's Mis' Isaac Robbins an' Ann 'Liza White," Mrs.Maxwell whispered agitatedly.

"I shall have to go right out in the kitchen an' make them biscuits the minute they get here.