This is gettin' too thick for ME.

Your auntie's name's Oliver and you lived in Concord, New Hampshire.

For--for thunder sakes, what's YOUR name ?" "Emily Richards Thomas." "Em--Emily--Richards--Thomas" "Yes, sir." "Emily Richards Thomas! What was your ma's name ?" "Mamma was Mrs.Thomas.Her front name was Mary.

She's dead.

Don't you want to see your letter?
I've got it now." She lifted one of the flapping coat sleeves and extended a crumpled, damp envelope.