she darted back into the parlor
Mrs. Wiggins turned slowly and ominously upon her. “Ye call me a disrupterbul female hag’in, han ye vont find hit ‘ealthy.” Mrs. Mumpson prudently backed toward the door before delivering her return fire. “Woman!” she cried, “are you out of your mind??Don’t you know I’m housekeeper here, and that it’s my duty to superintend you […]

