She put her chin in her plump hand and contemplated her memories.
“It sounds very exciting,” said Felix.
“Exciting’s no name for it,” said Granny Perk. “It was just regular sinful!”
“What did you do, Granny Perk?” he asked curiously.
She straightened up, and looked at him severely.
“I wouldn’t be putting ideas into the heads of young folks that are well brought up and content with things as they find them,” she said. “Nowadays the boys and girls talk as they should not, but they behave proper enough. It was different in my time. I wouldn’t say Boo to a goose—but I was a wild one for all that. But I’m not one to corrupt the youth of the land. So ask me no questions!”
“Tell me one thing,” said Felix. “What did your husband do when you ran away?”
“Why, he came after me, to be sure, and brought me home.”
“And you lived happily ever after?” asked Felix, laughingly.
“Oh, well now, I guess we got along as well as most,” she said. “I’ve nothing to complain of....”