ThateveningSallywasmaking’pinners’forthemilkers，whowerenowincreasedbytwo，forhermotherandherselfnolongerjoinedinmilkingthecowsthemselves。Butuponthewholetherewaslittlechangeinthehouseholdeconomy，andnotmuchinitsappearance，beyondsuchminorparticularsasthatthecrackoverthewindow，whichhadbeenahundredyearscoming，wasatriflewider；thatthebeamswereashadeblacker；thattheinfluenceofmodernismhadsupplantedtheopenchimneycornerbyagrate；thatRebekah，whohadwornacapwhenshehadplentyofhair，hadleftitoffnowshehadscarceany，becauseitwasreportedthatcapswerenotfashionable；
andthatSally’sfacehadnaturallyassumedamorewomanlyandexperiencedcast。
Mrs。Hallwasactuallyliftingcoalswiththetongs，asshehadusedtodo。
’Fiveyearsagothisverynight，ifIamnotmistaken——’shesaid，layingonanember。
’Notthisverynight——though’twasonenightthisweek，’saidthecorrectSally。