Now I'll tell you why.
"You see, Emily," she went on, "my comin' down here to East Wellmouth wa'n't altogether for the fun of lookin' at the heirloom Uncle Abner left me.

The first thing I wanted to do was see it, but when I had seen it, and if it turned out to be what I hoped it might be, there was somethin' else.

Emily, Mrs.Pearson's dyin' leaves me without a job.

Oh, of course I know I could 'most likely get another chance at nursin' or keepin' house for somebody, but, to tell you the truth, I'm gettin' kind of tired of that sort of thing.

Other folks' houses are like other folks' ailments; they don't interest you as much as your own do.