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I was plumb scared to death a-listenin' ter you through the crack in the kitchen door. I 'lowed every minute they'd ketch you, sure. My Lord-A'mighty! ma'm, can't you-all figger what'll happen ter weuns if they ever finds out that weuns done had him hid right here in this here house all the time? I never heard tell of such dad burned, fool doin's in all my born days!
"I've I've done killed Mary!" he said simply. The little doctor shuddered, but controlled her features; her eyes did not fall from the wretched man's face. "Tell me!" was all she said. Then Martin slowly in a hushed voice, described all that had passed, even the vision of Sandy. "The Lord-a'mighty, He knows I didn't mean to kill," Martin quivered; "but who-all will believe that?
A wall, seemingly tangible, descended from the clouds to the earth everything was blotted out. "Good Lord-a'mighty!" Ivy dashed in from the kitchen, a grayness showing through the black of her skin; "I mus' save dem cows. I jes' mus' God help me!" She ran through the room to the front hall, pulling her skirt over her head as she ran. "Ivy, I forbid you leaving the house!"
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