I thought an' Sarah thought you'd got enough to last you jest as long as you lived, an' have some left to leave then." Hannah stood back and looked at her sister sharply.
"I've always been as savin' as I knew how," said Sylvia.
"Well, I dunno but you have.

You got that sofa, that cost considerable.

I shouldn't have thought you'd got that, if you'd known how things were, Sylvy." "I kinder felt as if I needed it." "Well, I guess you might have got along without that, anyhow.
Richard's got one, ain't he ?" "Yes, he says he has." "I thought I remembered his mother's buyin' one just before his father died.

Well, you'll have his sofa, then; if I remember right, it's a better one than yours that you give Rose.

Now, Sylvy Crane, you jest put on your hood an' shawl, an' come home with me, an' have some dinner.