My grandmother, on my father's side, was your mother's own cousin.

Her name was Matilda Myrick.

That makes you and me sort of distant relations, Mr.Cobb." If she expected this statement to have the effect of making the little man more cordial she was disappointed.

In fact, if it had any effect at all, it was the opposite, judging by his manner and expression.

His only comments on the disclosure of kinship were a "Humph!" and a brief "Want to know!" He stared at Thankful and she at him.