"Land sakes, Seth Atkins, stop it! I don't blame you for bein' mad, but you nor nobody else sha'n't talk to me that way.

I'll fix your horse in five minutes.

Yes, sir, in five minutes.
Shut up now, or I won't do it at all!" He rushed over to the stall in the rear of the shop, woke Joshua from the sweet slumber of old age, and led him to the halter beside the forge.

The lightkeeper, being out of breath, had nothing further to say at the moment.
"What's the matter with all you lighthouse folks ?" asked Benijah, anxious to change the subject.

"What's possessed the whole lot of you to come to the village at one time?
Whoa, boy, stand still!" "The whole lot of us ?" repeated Seth.