So she never told her." "Oh, I see, I see." The old man nodded his head slowly.

"They was always bitter against the minister chap--all of 'em, 'cause he took Miss Jennie away from 'em.

An' Miss Polly--young as she was--couldn't never forgive him; she was that fond of Miss Jennie--in them days.

I see, I see.

'Twas a bad mess," he sighed, as he turned away.
"Yes, 'twas--all 'round, all 'round," sighed Nancy in her turn, as she went back to her kitchen.
For no one were those days of waiting easy.