An' your pa was one of them.

This time 't was him that made the trouble.

I know, 'cause I heard what he said one day to her in the library.
"Yes, I guess I was in the next room that day, too--er--dustin', probably.

Anyway, I heard him tell your ma good an' plain what he thought of her gallivantin' 'round from mornin' till night with them young students an' professors, an' havin' them here, too, such a lot, till the house was fairly overrun with them.

He said he was shocked an' scandalized, an' didn't she have any regard for _his_ honor an' decency, if she didn't for herself! An', oh, a whole lot more.
"Cry?
No, your ma didn't cry this time.