Beeler closes the door after them.

Martha enters from the kitchen, with a pan of dough, which she sets before the fire to raise.

Beeler.

You keepin' an eye out, Marthy?

Martha.

Guess your barn'd 'a' been afire, if I hadn't been keepin' an eye out.

Beeler.

I warned 'em about fire!

Martha.

Haymow ketched. If I hadn't been there to put it out, we'd 'a' been without a roof by now.