human
The church will be real cold by then, Nancy, objected Mrs. Burbank.--
gpt
Good-night, Mrs. Baxter.
human
Oh, no! I shall be back by half-past six, and I shall not work long. Do you know what I believe I'll do, Mrs. Burbank, just through the holidays? Christmas and New Year's both coming on Sunday this year, there'll be a great many out to church, not counting the strangers that'll come to the special service to-morrow. Instead of putting down my own pew carpet that'll never be noticed here in the back, I'll lay it in the old Peabody pew, for the red aisle-strip leads straight up to it; the ministers always go up that side, and it does look forlorn.
gpt
That's so! And all the more because my pew, that's exactly opposite in the left wing, is new carpeted and cushioned, replied the president.
human
I think it's real generous of you, Nancy, because the Riverboro folks, knowing that you're a member of the carpet committee, will be sure to notice, and think it's queer you haven't made an effort to carpet your own pew.
gpt
Never mind! smiled Nancy wearily.
human
Riverboro folks never go to bed on Saturday nights without wondering what Edgewood is thinking about them!
gpt
How wasted! How wasted! she sighed.
human
Going home to eat her lonely supper and feed 'Zekiel . . . I can bear it for the others, but not for Nancy . . . Now she has lighted her lamp, now she has put fresh pine on the fire, for new smoke comes from the chimney. Why should I sit down and serve my dear husband, and Nancy feed 'Zekiel?