"Waiting will be the ruin o' me, if I wait much longer. Where am I to go, if Mrs. Pipkin won't have me no more?"
"I'll find a place for you."
"You find a place! No; that won't do. I've told you all that before. I'd sooner go into service, or--"
"Go back to John Crumb."
"John Crumb has more respect for me nor you. He'd make me his wife to-morrow, and only be too happy."

"Waiting will be the ruin o' me, if I wait much longer. Where am I to go, if Mrs. Pipkin won't have me no more?"
"I'll find a place for you."
"You find a place! No; that won't do. I've told you all that before. I'd sooner go into service, or-"
"Go back to John Crumb."
"John Crumb has more respect for me nor you. He'd make me his wife tomorrow, and be only too happy."
