I told you there was quite a yarn hitched to that smokin' business.

So there is.
"Kenelm's an old bach, you know.

One time he used to work, or pretend to, because he needed the money; but his Aunt Phoebe up to Brockton died and left him four or five thousand dollars and he ain't worked of any account since.

He's a gentleman now, livin' on his income--and his sister.
"Hannah ain't got but precious little money of her own, but she knows how to take care of it, which her brother don't.

She was housekeepin' for some folks at Wapatomac, but when the inheritances landed she headed straight for East Wellmouth, rented that little house they're in now, and took charge of Kenelm.