Liz. Us’ll have to change his mind for him, Jane.
Jeremy. I reckon ’twould take a rare lot of doing to change that, mistress.
Jane. Bain’t you a-goin’ to get yourself ready for church soon?
Jeremy. Dashed if I ever heard tell of such foolishness. Who’s to mind the place with all the folk gone fiddle-faddling out?
Liz. There’s the man William.
Jeremy. I bain’t a-goin’ to leave the place to a stranger.
Jane. Why, sister, us’ll feel lost and lonesome without mister, shan’t us, Liz?
Liz. That us will. What if us stayed at home and helped to mind the house along of he?
Jane. [Slowly.] And did not put our new gowns upon the backs of we after all the money spent?
Jeremy. Ah, there you be. ’Tis the same with all females. Creatures of vanity—even if they be got a bit long in the tooth. ’Tis all the same.