Have you, indeed?
Yes, for they have begun to ... she has begun, I should say ... Bridget Pope....
I understand you—the father will out....
—She has begun to look cheerful and to go about the house in that quiet smooth way—
I know, I know ... it was enough to bring the water into my eyes to look at her—
Robert Eveleth is to be with us to-night, and if we can persuade him to stay here a week or two, I have great hope in the issue....
What hope—how?—
That both will be cured of their melancholy ways—Bridget Pope and my poor Abby—
Their melancholy ways—why, what have they to do with Robert Eveleth?
Why—don’t you see they are always together when he is here—