It was her first call at the house, since Adèle's summary process of ejection had been served upon her, and it was not until that young lady had welcomed her cordially and invited her to come in, that she ventured beyond the threshold. She then came forward, made a low courtesy, and seating herself near the door, remarked that Bess was not below, and hearing voices in the picture parlor, wishing to hear from the patient, she had ventured up.
"An' how do ye find yersel' Mr. Brown?" said she, turning to that gentleman. "But I needna ask the question, sin' yer looks tell ye're amaist weel".
Mr. Brown assented to her remark upon his health, and expressed to her his obligations for her attentions to him during his illness.
"Them's naethin;" she replied with a conscious air of benevolence. "'Tis the buzziness o' my life to tak' care o' sick bodies".
"How are Mrs. Campbell's children?" inquired Mrs. Dubois.
"All got weel, but Katy. She's mizerble eneugh".
"Has she not recovered from the measles, Mrs. McNab?"
"The measles are gone, but sunthin' has settled on her lights. She coughs like a woodchuck. An' I must be a goin', for I tole Mrs. Cawmell, I wadna stay a bit, but wad come back, immediate".
As she rose to go, she caught a sight of several objects on the lawn below, that rooted her to the spot.