He was relieved to find that Miss Hannah did not seem to be worrying over this . `` That does n't matter , '' cried Miss Hannah . `` Why , he 's my brother ! Is n't that enough ? I 'm rich if he is n't , rich in love and happiness . And I 'm better pleased in a way than if he had come back rich . He might have wanted to take me away or build a fine house , and I 'm too old to be making changes . And then he would n't have needed me . I 'd have been of no use to him . As it is , it 's just me he needs to look after him and coddle him . Oh , it 's fine to have somebody to do things for , somebody that belongs to you . I was just dreading the loneliness of the winter , and now it 's going to be such a happy winter . I declare last night Ralph and I sat up till morning talking over everything . He 's had a hard life of it . Bad luck and illness right along . And last winter in the lumber woods he got his leg broke . But now he 's come home and we 're never going to be parted again as long as we live . I could sing for joy , Jacob . '' `` Oh , sure , '' assented Jacob cordially . He felt a little dazed .
Miss Hannah 's nimble change of base was hard for him to follow , and he had an injured sense XXXXX having wasted a great deal of commiseration on her when she did n't need it at all .
Ralph along as for if in of right that to