Mrs.Dalton having entered the cabin, and laid down the miserable pittance of food which she had been carrying, now waved her hand with authority and singular calmness, but at the same time with a face as pallid as death itself.
"This is a solemn hour," said she, "an' a woful sight in this place of misery.

Keep quiet, all of you.

I know what this is about, dear Condy," she said; "I know it; but what is the value of our faith, if it doesn't teach us obedience?
Kiss your child, here," said she, "an' go--or come, I ought to say, for I will go with you.

It's not to be wondhered at that she couldn't bear it, weak, and worn, and nearly heartbroken as she is.
Bless her, too, before you go.

An' this girl," she said, pointing at Mary, and addressing Sarah, "you will spake to her, an' support her as well as you can, and stay with them all for an hour or two.