“Had you no brothers nor sisters to help you?”
“Yes, I had some.”
“Did they let you come here?”
“Why, you see, as I’ve told you before, I was dull, and my wife wasn’t strong. They never came much to see me. It was my fault; I never had nothing to say to them.”
“Had you no children?”
“Yes, I had a son and daughter.”
“Are they alive now?”
“Yes—both of them; at least I haven’t heard as they are dead.”
“And able to keep themselves?”
“They used to be.”