In the end the girls will have their shares and nobody can
blame them. I don't myself, but I think Pa will rise
from his grave when those farms are torn up."

"Don't worry," said Kate. "He will have learned by
now that graves are merely incidental, and that he has
no option on real estate where he is. Leave him to his
harp, and tell me what you want done."

"I want you to see that it was all accidental. I want
you to take care of me. I want you should think out the
fair thing for all of us to do. I want you to keep sane
and cool-headed and shame the others into behaving
themselves. And I want you to smash down hard on
their everlasting, 'why didn't you do this?' and 'why
didn't you do that?* I reckon I've been told five hundred
times a-ready that I shouldn't a-give him the deeds.
Josie says it, an' then she sings it. Not give them to him !
How could I help giving them to him? He'd a-got up
and got them himself if I hadn't "

"You have cut out something of a job forme," said Kate,
"but I'll do my best. Anyway, I can take care of you.
