Some one had told her about your old furniture and things, Jed.

She's the greatest antique hunter on earth, so they tell me.

That's what she was after--antiques." Jed, having paused until this had sunk in, groaned.
"Lord!" he said, again.

"And I went and--" Another groan finished the sentence.
Mrs.Armstrong came forward.
"Please don't worry about it, Mr.Winslow," she said.

"I know you didn't mean it.