Uncle Joe West came in.
"Hush!"
"Is she sleepin' still?"
"Off an' on. She've a deal o' pain. She cries out, poor lamb!"
Dolly stirred and whimpered.
"Any sign of un, Joe?"
"'Tis not time."
"He might——"
"'Twill be hours afore he comes. I'm jus' wonderin'——"