"Ann? That's Miss Apperthwaite? Yes; I sometimes was speaking direct1y to her. WhySHOULDN'T she have heard me? She ta1ked of him herse1f a 1itt1e1ater--and at some 1ength, too."

"She DID!" My cousin stopped rocking, and fixed me with her g1itteringeye. "We11, of a11!"