"I haven't asked you to buy any berries, have I?" said Tom, rather provoked by the rudeness of the girl, when he had come to do the squire a favor.
"No, but that's what you're after. We have bought all we want."
"I tell you I didn't come here to sell berries," said Tom independently; "I picked these for use at home."
"Then what do you come here for, anyway, takin' up my time wid comin' to the door, when I'm busy gettin' supper?"
"I want to see Squire Hudson."
"I don't know if he's at home."
"Then you'd better find out, and not keep me waiting."
"I never see such impudence," ejaculated the girl.
"I mean what I say," continued Tom stoutly. "I want to see the squire on important business."
"Much business you have wid him!" said the girl scornfully.