"It's like she says: 'A woman as brings up twelve children learns something besides her A B C.Children's as good as 'rithmetic to set you findin' out things.'" "How much would a spade cost--a little one ?" Mary asked.
"Well," was Martha's reflective answer, "at Thwaite village there's a shop or so an' I saw little garden sets with a spade an' a rake an' a fork all tied together for two shillings.

An' they was stout enough to work with, too." "I've got more than that in my purse," said Mary.

"Mrs.Morrison gave me five shillings and Mrs.Medlock gave me some money from Mr.Craven." "Did he remember thee that much ?" exclaimed Martha.
"Mrs.Medlock said I was to have a shilling a week to spend.

She gives me one every Saturday.

I didn't know what to spend it on." "My word! that's riches," said Martha.