I'm a-goin'." "I dunno," said Amanda, trembling.

"I'm dreadful afraid I hadn't ought to." "Well, I should think you could go, if Mis' Green an' I could," said Mrs.Babcock.

"Here you ain't got nobody but jest yourself, an' ain't got to leave a thing cooked up nor nothin'." "I would like to see Mis' Field an' Lois again, but it seems like a great undertakin'," sighed Amanda.

"Then it's goin' to cost something." "It ain't goin' to cost but jest three dollars an' sixty cents," said Mrs.Babcock.

"I guess you can afford that, Mandy.