"This one was not. I will finish the story. She grew up to be a beautiful lady, and the son married her. Isn't that a proper ending? He took her to a beautiful home, and they lived happily ever after."
Greta shook her head.
"Becca says married people are the worst off people in all the world. She says everybody's troubles begin when they marry."
Rufus laughed scoffingly.
"Becca is an old maid. They all talk like that. Ask her one day if anybody has asked her to marry them, and see what she says."
"Becca says life is an effort when you aren't married, but when you are, it's a battle!"
The child delivered Rebecca's sentiments with such emphasis and gravity that Rufus laughed again.
"We'll leave Rebecca, I don't find her interesting. Talk of something else."
Greta looked up at him thoughtfully.
"Are you earning your living?" she asked.