says't'aint

Updated: May 19, 2025

She contemplated the crayon portraits in the parlour and hoped she was not related to any of them. In the family album she found no woman whom she would have liked for an aunt, but was determined to know the worst. "Is Miss Hathaway's picture here, Hepsey?" she asked. "No'm. Miss Hathaway, she wouldn't have her picter in the parlour, nohow. Some folks does, but Miss Hathaway says't'aint modest."

Myrtle Reed - Lavender and Old Lace