“Yes.”
“Then you've been with 'em a lot.”
“I am always with them,” replied the School-teacher.
“I could a-told that,” said the woman, “by the way Sonny takes to you. I could a-told that you was used to little children, an' that you liked them.” She indicated the tiny boy with a bob of the head. “He knows it right away; babies and dogs allers knows it right away.”
She regarded the man for some minutes in silence. Then she spoke like one come after thought to a conclusion.
“I 'spose you're the new School-teacher?”
“Yes.”
“An' you're goin' down to the school-house now.”
“Yes.”
“Then if you'll wait till I git a bucket of water, I'll show you the way down. The path goes out by our house.”