"The devul y' say! You must 'a' made a ten-strike out West."
"They say it didn't come lawful," piped Daddy, over his blackberries and milk.
"Oh, you shet up, who wants your put-in? Don't work in any o' your Bible on us."
Daddy rose to go into the other room.
"Hold on, old man. You goin' to fix that door?"
"Course I be," quavered he.
"Well see 't y' do, that's all. Now get on y'r duds, an' I'll go an' hitch up." He rose from the table. "Don't keep me waiting."
He went out unceremoniously, and Agnes was alone with Will.
"Do you go to church?" he asked. She shook her head. "No, I don't go anywhere now. I have too much to do; I haven't strength left. And I'm not fit anyway."
"Agnes, I want to say something to you; not now—after they're gone."