Mrs. S. I am dying to know all about it. Come, let’s all go down to the village, and probe the matter to the bottom. I dearly love to get hold of a mystery.
Mrs. P. I say, let us all go, and here is Mrs. Quick coming back. She will go with us, for she told us the news, and she is dying to learn the particulars.
Re-enter Mrs. Quick.
Mrs. Quick. Good morning again, ladies.
All. Good morning.
Mrs. G. What was the matter with that air woman that they won’t bury in the village?
Mrs. Q. Nothing is the matter with her.
Mrs. G. Then, in marcy’s name, why don’t they bury her?
Mrs. Q. I know of but one reason, but that is a very important one.
Mrs. P. We did not know you knew the reason they wouldn’t bury her. Why did you not tell us what it was?