"Oh! — And have you just come down?"
"We was comin' down all yesterday and last night, ma'am."
"Who were coming?"
"Mr. Winthrop Landholm, and Winifred, and me."
"Winifred and you," said Elizabeth. "And did he send you to me?"
Clam nodded. "He said he would ha' writ somethin', if he'd ha' had a piece of paper or card or anything, but he hadn't nothing."
"He would have written what?"
"Don't know — didn't say."
"Do you know who I am?"
Clam nodded again and shewed her teeth. "The lady Mr. Winthrop sent me to."