Guess you'd like to know where Rhody is, wouldn't you? She's where she's been all night,—out yonder with the sick folks.
Michaelis.
What is she doing there?
Martha.
Feedin' 'em, first off, an' then heart'nin' of 'em up. That's a purty hard job, I reckon; but it's the way o' women when they feel like she does.
Michaelis sinks in a chair, drawing Annie to him. Mrs. Beeler's bell rings; Martha goes out by the hall door. Annie watches his bent head in silence for a moment.
Annie.
Are you ever going up again, on the rope?
Michaelis.
Not remembering.