"I can't abide to see good victuals go to waste.
If our children was at this table they'd clean it bare in five minutes." "Why ?" said Mary coldly.

"Why!" echoed Martha.

"Because they scarce ever had their stomachs full in their lives.

They're as hungry as young hawks an' foxes." "I don't know what it is to be hungry," said Mary, with the indifference of ignorance.
Martha looked indignant.
"Well, it would do thee good to try it.

I can see that plain enough," she said outspokenly.