Is he gone out ?" "Yup.

I heerd him callin' the pigs.

It's Sunday, ain't it, ma ?" The fact seemed to startle her.
"Why, yes, so it is! Wal! Now, Sadie, you jump up an' dress quick 's y'can, an' Bob an' Sile, you run down an' bring s'm' water," she commanded, in nervous haste, beginning to dress.

In the middle of the room there was scarce space to stand beneath the rafters.
When Sim came in for his breakfast he found it on the table, but his wife was absent.
"Where's y'r ma ?" he asked, with a little less of the growl in his voice.
"She's upstairs with Pet." The man ate his breakfast in dead silence, till at last Bob ventured to say: "What makes ma ac' so ?" "Shut up!" was the brutal reply.

The children began to take sides with the mother--all but the oldest girl, who was ten years old.