`` You bet she is . And I 'M good to her , too , '' retorted Mary . `` I work like a nigger to make it easy for her and have everything just as she likes it . We was made for each other . 'T is n't every one could get along with her as well as I do . She 's pizen neat , but so am I , and so we agree fine . '' `` I told you she would never whip you . '' `` So you did . She 's never tried to lay a finger on me and I ai n't never told a lie to her -- not one , true 's you live . She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though , but that just slips off ME like water off a duck 's back . Say , Una , why did n't you hang on to the muff ? '' Una had put it back on the bough . `` My hands are n't cold , thank you , '' she said stiffly . `` Well , if you 're satisfied , I am . Say , old Kitty Alec has come back to church as meek as Moses and nobody knows why . But everybody is saying it was Faith brought Norman Douglas out . His housekeeper says you went there and gave him an awful tongue-lashing . Did you ? '' `` I went and asked him to come to church , '' said Faith uncomfortably . `` Fancy your spunk ! ''
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Alec Douglas Mary Moses Una combs everybody muff spunk tongue-lashing