" Well, I could do wi't, if so be ye want to get rid on't, " said the disinterested cousin, walking quickly away with the bundle, lest Chad's Bess should change her mind.
Those who stayed at home were chiefly mothers, like Timothy's Bess, who stood at her own door nursing her baby and feeling as women feel in that position—that nothing else can be expected of them.
But one of the elderly women bending down to take him by the shoulder, with an air of grave remonstrance, Timothy's Bess's Ben first kicked out vigorously, then took to his heels and sought refuge behind his father's legs.