And she didn't think it wuz proper to go into society in mournin' clothes--she thought it would make talk for mourners to git out and enjoy themselves any in crape.
Oren wuz naterally of a lively disposition, and loved to visit round, and it made it bad for him.

But he felt quite proud of marryin' such a aristocratic woman, and so he had to take the bitter with the sweet.
Besides their bein' so old, she had come from a mournin' family--her folks always mourned for everybody and everything they could.

(You know some families are so, and I spoze they git some comfort out of it.

And black duz look real respectable, but considerable gloomy.) Their house wuz always shet up, and Oren walked round (rebellin' inside) under a mournin' weed.
And the six wimmen was all swathed in crape, and the hull house smelt of crape and logwood.
As I sez more formally, Lateza was brung up to it.

She wuz ready to mourn on the slightest pretext, and mourn jest as long and stiddy as possible.
Wall, black _wuz_ becomin' to her.