"When who was coming?"
"He — Mr. Winthrop. And Karen was takin' airs — that aint out o' the common — but I'd a little liever have him master than her mistress — she wa'n't mine, neither."
"And where was Mr. Asahel?"
"He was there — and good enough what there was of him; but he won't never stand in other folks' shoes."
"Do you say Winifred was crazy?"
"She was so feared to see her brother come home!"
"Her brother Winthrop?"
"There wa'n't no other coming," said Clam.
"Poor thing!" said Elizabeth. "And you say he has brought her down to Mannahatta?"
Clam nodded. "She don't think she's alive when he aint near her; so he's took her down to live with him. I guess it's good living with him," said Clam sagaciously. "I wish I did it."