To have news first hand from those who actually tended the sick seemed to her a capital plan; and Dinah recognized at once the advantage of having admittance for herself and the two girls to this solitary and commodious house, where rest and refreshment could be readily obtained, and where their coming and going would not be likely to be observed or to hurt any one.
"If your ladyship really means it--" she began.
"My ladyship generally does mean what she says--as Dorcas will tell you if you ask her," was the rather short, sharp reply.

"Say no more, say no more; I hate chitter-chatter and shilly-shally.

The thing's settled, and there's an end of it.

Go your ways, go your ways; I'm none too ill for Dorcas to look to, now that the little fool is assured that I haven't got the plague.

But you may have brought it here yourself, so you are bound in duty to come back and look after us the first moment you can.