Any tea in the house ?" "No," said the little girl, trying to control her quivering face.
"Make her some hot porridge, then--she'd ought to have something.

You can do that, can't you ?" Elmira nodded; she dared not speak for fear she should cry.
"Go right in, then," said Jerome; and she obeyed, keeping her face turned away.

Her childish back looked like an old woman's as she entered the door.
Jerome unharnessed the horse, led him into the barn, fed him, and drew some water for him from the well.

When he came out of the barn, after it was all done, he saw Doctor Prescott's chaise turning into the yard.

The doctor and Jake Noyes were in it.