Excerpt from The County Road
You wait a minute, said Abigail. I'll wash the flour off my hands. She went to the kitchen sink, and afterwards, standing at the roller-towel, she regarded Claribel with a fond delight that always amused the girl when she could stop to note it. Claribel had told her mother, before this, that she acted as if girls were worth a thousand dollars apiece. My! Said Abigail, pulling discreetly at the hooks, it is tight, ain't it? I'm afraid you'll feel all girted up.
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