Mrs.Upjohn declared the panic to be ridiculous.

_She_ shouldn't be scared away by a red flag, like a crow from a cornfield.
There had never been a case of typhoid known in Joppa, and places were like people, they never broke out with diseases that were not already in their constitutions.

It was all arrant nonsense.

However, she was perfectly willing that Maria should make that proposed visit to her aunt in Boston if she liked, and it was quite proper that Mr.Upjohn, in the character of gallant father, should escort her there; the girl couldn't go alone.

So every day saw some new flight from the village.