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An' I'd ruther 'ave the beltin' from my ole man, even wivout no kipper, than 'ave us allers lookin' at each other as if we was wooden images. Even a beltin' shows as 'ow a man 'as some regard for 'is daughter." "It do," said Cook. "Pity is, you ain't 'ad more of it, that's the only thing!" "Demobilized! Oh, Bob truly?" "Truly and really," said Bob. "At least, I shall be in twenty-seven days.
An' Love must 'ave give an' take of Love, or else Love's got to die! Burn a lamp wivout oil, and see wot 'appens. It goes out! You're left in the dark!" Her homely gesture, illustrating the homely analogy, seemed to bring down blackness. Lynette hung speechless upon her fateful lips. " Then, like as not, you'll overturn the table gropin'. 'Smashed! you'll say, 'an' nobody but silly me to blyme!
Mark wriggled and said, "I can looken out for myself wivout Paul!" Their mother looked for a moment deep into the eyes of her older son, so clear, so quiet, so unchanging and true. "You're a good boy, Paul, a real comfort," she told him. To herself she thought, "Yes, all his life he'll look out for people and get no thanks for it."
"Little boysh never can do anyfing nysh wivout bein' made to don't," said Toddie. "Dzust see what an awful big splinter I got in my hand when I was froin' wood on the fire! I didn't cry a bit about it then, 'cause I fought I was makin' uvver folks happy, like the Lord wants little boysh to. But they didn't get happy, so now I am goin' to cry 'bout the splinter!"
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