'They are with you?' said Jim.
'To be sure; and the whole business—bakery, laundry, and light refreshments—has followed at my skirt with proper humility.'
'They pitch tents here?'
'Ben and Mary are now seeking a good business site.'
'Adjacent to a hollow tree?'
'The same bein' a convanyint haunt fer Mary Kyley's familiar evil shpirits.'
Done laughed, giving Aurora a one-armed, parenthetical hug. 'They wouldn't part with you, then?'
'They would not, nor I with them. Dan's been as good as a mother to me.
But how is the luck, boys?'
'Great,' answered Mike. 'We dropped on a patch here.'
'Come and see us cradle the last tubful, and I'll give you the prettiest bit in the hopper,' said Jim.