Lull was awake when they went in. "What's the matter?" she said, sitting up in bed.
"There's nothin' the matter," said Jane; "only Patsy wants to know if what the woman died of was catchin'."
"What did she die of?" said Lull.
"She died a' labour," said Patsy in a trembling voice. "Is it catchin', Lull?"
Lull laughed so much that she could not answer.
"Patsy was afraid ye'd catched it," said Jane, laughing too, though she did not know why.
"God be thankit I have not," said Lull, and as they went joyfully off to bed they could hear her still laughing.