“I s'pose he's worth considerable property?”
“Yes, I s'pose he is.”
“Well, I want to know. Somebody was speakin' about it the other day, an' they said they thought he did, an' I told 'em I didn't believe it. He never helped your sister's husband any, did he?”
Mrs. Field did not reply for a moment. Mrs. Babcock was leaning forward and smiling ingratiatingly, with keen eyes upon her face.
“I dun'no' as he did. But I guess Edward never expected he would much,” said she.
“Well, I told 'em I didn't believe he did. I declare! it seemed pretty tough, didn't it?”
“I dun'no'. I thought of it some along there when Edward was sick.”
“I declare, I should have thought you'd wrote to him about it.”
Mrs. Field said nothing.
“Didn't you ever?” Mrs. Babcock asked.