"Oh!" she cried in a tragic voice, "is the owl broke?"
"No. Margaret won't have it on the sideboard."
"Won't have it on the sideboard! And haven't you something to say if that owl shall stand on the sideboard or no?"
"I told her you and Sadie wouldn't like it when you found she had taken it off."
"Danny!" Jennie said in a sepulchral tone, "mebby she's fooling you: mebby her dopplig (awkward) hired girl broke the owl, or either Margaret broke it herself, and is afraid to tell you. Do you think mebby?"
"No, it's up in the garret. She told Amanda to put it clear out of sight in the garret."
"Garret! The blue owl pitcher! But why don't she want it here?" Jennie demanded in mingled anger and wonder.
"Margaret don't like that owl, Jennie."
"To spite you does she say she don't like it and put it in the garret."
"I told her I would miss it. I'm so used to it."