But he answered back, cold an' chilly, that he thanked her, of course, but he didn't care for any more of that kind of assistance; an' if she would give a little more time to her home an' her housekeepin', as she ought to, he would be considerably better pleased.

An' she said, very well, she would see that he had no further cause to complain.

An' the next minute I met her in the hall, as I just said, her head high an' her eyes blazin'.
"An' things did change then, a lot, I'll own.

Right away she began to refuse to go out with the students an' young professors, an' she sent down word she wasn't to home when they called.

And pretty quick, of course, they stopped comin'.
"Housekeepin'?
Attend to that?
Well, y-yes, she did try to at first, a little; but of course your grandma had always given the orders--through me, I mean; an' there really wasn't anything your ma could do.