"Have you a mind to go again?"
"There ain't any school since Master Crawford left. Anyhow, Pappy doesn't set much store by eddication."
"He says I know how to read and write and cipher and that's enough for anyone."
"You can read?" she asked.
"Yes'm, but I haven't any books."
"You can read and you haven't any books. I have books and I can't read."
Abe looked at her, amazed. "You have books?"
Sarah nodded, but said nothing more until she had finished cutting his hair. Then she led him over to the bureau.