No, he ain't come back yet," she said.

"But he will pretty soon, I'm sure.

He--he will, Emily, don't you fret." "Oh, I'm not worried, Auntie.

I am too sleepy to worry, I guess." "Sleepy! You're not goin' to sleep AGAIN, are you ?" Mrs.Barnes didn't mean to ask this question; certainly she did not mean to ask it with such evident anxiety.

Emily noticed the tone and wondered.
"Why, no," she said.