Now, mind me! Lay right down on that sofa." Emily protested.

She was no wetter and no more tired than her cousin, she said.

Why should she lie down while Aunt Thankful sat up?
"'Cause I tell you to, for one thing," said the widow, with decision.
"And because I'm well and strong and you ain't.

When I think of how I got you, a half invalid, as you might say, to come on this crazy trip I'm so provoked I feel like not speakin' to myself for a week.

There! now you LOOK more comf'table, anyhow.