"It may be indigestion."
"Do you think it is?"
"I don't know. Doctor Gordon has told [pg 090] me nothing, and Mrs. Ewing has told me nothing."
"I thought doctors could tell from a person's looks."
"Not always."
"Doctors aren't much good anyhow," said Clemency. "I don't care if you are one, and Uncle Tom is one. I notice people die just the same. So you think it is indigestion? Well, it may be. Mother doesn't have much appetite."
"Yes, I have noticed that," said James.
"Then there is something else I want to ask you," said Clemency. "I have a right to know if you know. What does Uncle Tom make me stay in the house so for?"
"I don't know," replied James, looking honestly at her.
"Don't you, honest? Hasn't he told you?"