Shortly after the arrival at the house of the gentleman on horseback little Plez ran into the kitchen, where Letty was engaged in preparing vegetables for dinner.
"Who d'ye think is done come ?" he exclaimed.

"Miss Annie's husband! Jes' rid up to de house." "Dat so ?" cried Letty, dropping into her lap the knife and the potato she was peeling.

"Well, truly, when things does happen in dis worl' dey comes all in a lump.

None ob de fam'ly been nigh de house for ebber so long; an' den, 'long comes Mahs' Junius hisse'f, an' Miss Annie dat's been away sence she was a chile, an' ole Mr Brandon, wot Uncle Isham say ain't been h'yar fur years and years, an' now Miss Annie's husband comes kitin' up! An' dar's ole Aun' Patsy wot says dat if dat gemman ebber come h'yar she want to know it fus' thing.

She was dreffle p'inted about dat.