Every lick I ever done in this house I done for Linda and Doctor Strong and for nobody else.

Half of this house and everything in it belongs to Linda, and it's a mortal short time till she's of age to claim it.
Whichever is her half, that half I'll be staying in, and if ye manage so as she's got nothing to pay me, I'll take care of her without pay till the day comes when she can take care of me.

Go to wid ye, ye triflin', lazy, self-possessed creature.

Ten years I have itched to tell ye what I thought of ye, and now ye know it." As Katy's rage increased, Eileen became intimidated.

Like every extremely selfish person she was a coward in her soul.
"If you refuse to go on my orders," she said, "I'll have John Gilman issue his." Then Katy set her left hand on her left hip, her lower jaw shot past the upper, her doubled right fist shook precious near the tip of Eileen's exquisite little nose.
"I'm darin' ye," she shouted.