“Some one as has come after my situation. I should’t ha’ thought there’d been such a hurry!”
“Why, you yourself gave warning; and you have never said a word since of being sorry for it, and wishing to stay.”
“You’ve never given me time!”
“To settle the matter at once—do you wish to say so now?”
“Why, dear me, how can one settle a question like that in a minute?”
“Send the person in.”
“Then you do want me to go?”
“Phillis, have you ever said you wanted to stay?”
“Why, you knows as well as I do, that I can’t abear change.”