6/35 She dismissed the porter; she said he had no pith in his arms--that was your expression, I think ?" "Ay, ma'am; that was my word: and I never spoke a truer; the useless body. Why, ma'am, the girls in Cairnhope are most of them well-grown hussies, and used to work in the fields, and carry full sacks of grain up steps. Many's the time I have RUN with a sack of barley on my back: so let us hear no more about your bits of boxes. I wish my mind was as strong." "Heaven forbid!" said Mrs.Little, with comic fervor. |