"Well, Firkin?" says she, as the other entered the apartment. "Well, Jane?"
"Wuss and wuss, Miss B.," Firkin said, wagging her head.
"Is she not better then?"
"She never spoke but once, and I asked her if she felt a little more easy, and she told me to hold my stupid tongue. Oh, Miss B., I never thought to have seen this day!" And the water-works again began to play.

"Well, Firkin?" said she.
"Wuss and wuss, Miss B.," Firkin said, wagging her head.
"Is she not better then?"
"She only spoke once, when she told me to hold my stupid tongue. Oh, Miss B., I never thought to have seen this day!"
