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But if you're hungry, Mr. Masters, you'll have to have sun'thin." Leaving her to prepare it, with a laughing twinkle in his eye the minister led Diana out of that room and along a short passage to another door.
"What's the matter? Where's Diana?" "Wall, she's up-stairs. She hain't been down now for two days." "What's the reason?" "Wall sun'thin' ain't right; and I don't think the minister's clear what it is; and I ain't.
If I'd ha' knowed honeymoon folks wants sun'thin' tip-top, been livin' on the fat o' the land, I expect; and now ye're come home to pork; and that's the hull on't." "Pork will do," said Diana, "if it is good. Have you no ham?" "Lots. That's pork, ain't it?" "Eggs?" "Yes, there's eggs." "Potatoes?" "La, I didn't expect ye'd want potatoes at this time o' day."
"You ain't the fust one that's been puzzled that way," returned the old woman. "Job was all out in his reckoning once; and David was as stupid as a beast, he says. But when chillen gets into the dark, they're apt to run agin sun'thin' and hurt theirselves. Stay in the light, dear." "How can one, always?" "O, child, jes' believe the Lord's word.
She watched the spoonfuls of broth in attentive silence. "What's new, Diana? there allays is sun'thin'." "Nothing new. Only" said Diana, correcting herself, "the Knowltons are coming back to Elmfield. Mrs. Reverdy is come." "Be the hull o' them comin'?" "I believe so." "What for?" "I don't know. To enjoy the summer, I suppose." "That's their sort," said the old woman slowly. "Jest to get pleasure.
"Guess I kin stand a few knocks, let alone scratches, when I calculate to have 'em. But I don' know! my notion of pleasure's sun'thin' soft and easy like; ain't your'n? I expect to take scratches bless you! but I don't call 'em fun. That's all I object to." "Then how come you here, Joe?" "Wall, " said Joe slowly, "I've got an old mother hum." "And she wanted some berries?" "She wanted a lot.
"They ain't nowheres else, then," answered her factotum. "Josh, you don't strip the cows clean." "Who doos, then?" said Josh, grinning. "If 'tain't me, I don' know who 'tis. That 'ere red heifer is losin' on her milk, though, Mis' Starlin'. She had ought to be fed sun'thin'." "Well, feed her, then," cried the mistress. "You know enough for that.
But Josh says she's goin' round groanin' at sun'thin' and that ain't her way, nother. Mind you, it ain't when anybody's by; I warrant you, she don't give no sign then that anythin's botherin' her; Josh says it's when she's alone. I didn't ask him how he come to know so much, and so little; but I wisht I had," Joe finished his speech laughing.
"Well, I never could see what there was in salt water!" said Mrs. Flandin, "that folks should be so crazy to go into it! If I was drownin', 'seems to me I'd rather have my mouth full o' sun'thin' sweet." "But I was not drowning," said Diana. "Well, I want to know what you've got by stayin' away from your place all summer" her mother went on.
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