"You must remember she's only a baby," she said.
"That's what we tell her," Mabel said, "but we can't make her pay no attention to it."
"You must pay attention to it, and take care of her."
"Oh! we take care of her, all right," Moses agreed, darkly. "We gotter."
"Doesn't your mother take care of her sometimes?"
"No, ma'am."
"Is she sick—or something?"
"Yes, ma'am. She's sick o' living, she says."
"What does she do all the time?"
"Nothin'."