Then about that time come her own lover an' the trouble with HIM.

After that she shut up like an oyster an' wouldn't have nothin' ter do with nobody fur a spell.

Her heart jest seemed to turn bitter at the core." "Yes, I know.

I've heard about that now," rejoined Nancy; "an' that's why you could 'a' knocked me down with a feather when I see HIM at the door--him, what she hain't spoke to for years! But I let him in an' went an' told her." "What did she say ?" Old Tom held his breath suspended.
"Nothin'-- at first.

She was so still I thought she hadn't heard; and I was jest goin' ter say it over when she speaks up quiet like: 'Tell Mr.
Pendleton I will be down at once.' An' I come an' told him.