I got a big notion to propose somepin' to you that might be a comfort to all of us." "Propose away," said Kate.

"I'm at my wit's end." "Well, what would you think of you and George taking the land, working it on the shares, and letting me have this room, an' live in Walden, awhile ?" Kate sat straight up in bed: "Oh, Aunt Ollie! Would you ?" she cried.
"Would you?
That would be a mercy to me; it would give George every chance to go straight, if there is a straight impulse in him." "Yes, I will," said Aunt Ollie, "and you needn't feel that I am getting the little end of the bargain, either.

The only unpleasant thing about it will be my sister, and I'll undertake to manage her.

I read a lot, an' I can always come to see you when mortal sperrits will bear her no more.

She'll be no such trial to me, as she is to you." "You're an angel," said Kate.