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We said you were the new family; and Deb is very good at upholsterin' and alterin' carpets, and doin' plain needlework, and we thought maybe you'd be wantin' help that way, for Deb goes to work by the day at most of the big houses round! 'Tis the Lord's Day, said Deb, giving her sister a sharp nudge with her elbow; 'we'll not be talking business now. Sit down, ladies.
"But, Miss, beggin' yer pardon, the car think av the upholsterin' an' the dirt av thim little divils beggin' yer pardon, but 'tis ruined the car will be an' yer gowns! Please, Miss, I'll give them a dollar an' 'twill do just as well think av the car!" "Never mind the car, Tom, do as I say, please."
An' that ol' black secr'tary he got fr'm Lord knows where, an' brakes growin' in colored pots standin' right up there, an' statyers o' men an' women no heads onto 'em, some ain't got; it's all one to him he'd buy any ol' thing so's 'twas broke, you might say. An' them ol' straight chairs no upholsterin' on 'em, an' some o' them wicker kind that bends any way, with piliers in 'em.
"Wolfville's proud of 'em, an'every time some ign'rant bein' asks about Wolfville an' the social features of the camp, we allers mentions Tutt an' his wife, an' tells how they keeps house, sorter upholsterin' our bluff.
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