"Why cannot you answer it ?" "Excuse me, please.

I--I am not well today.

I have a headache." She sat down in a rocking chair, and clasping her hands in her lap, rocked slowly back and forth.
"I'm sorry," said Beth.

"I hoped you would be able to assist me on the lawn.

There are so many people that we can't give them proper attention." Eliza Parsons shook her head.
"I am not able," she declared.