He would like to see something of the village and, perhaps, if she could give him the names of a few of his parishioners, he might make a few calls.

Keziah shook her head.
"Gracious goodness!" she exclaimed.

"I wouldn't advise you to do that.
You ain't been here long enough to make forenoon calls.

If you should catch some of the women in this town with aprons and calico on, they'd never forgive you in this world.

Wait till afternoon; they'll be expectin' you then and they'll be rigged out in their best bibs and tuckers.