You really did ask Babby to come in and see you at work ?" "Yes, ma'am, I--I did.

I did, sartin." "And you don't mind having her here?
She won't annoy you ?" "Not a mite.

Real glad to have her." "Very well, then she may stay--an hour, but no longer.

Mind, Babby, dear, I am relying on you not to annoy Mr.Winslow." So the juvenile visitor stayed her hour and then obediently went away, in spite of Jed's urgent invitation to stay longer.

She had asked a good many questions and talked almost continuously, but Mr.
Winslow, instead of being bored by her prattle, was surprised to find how empty and uninteresting the shop seemed after she had quitted it.
She came again the next day and the next.