`` She thinks nobody is good enough for her , that is what 's the matter . Lawrence got some silly boy-notion into his head last winter , but I soon put a stop to that . '' `` I always had an idea that Bessy thought a good deal of Lawrence , '' said Maggie . `` She has never been the same since he left off going with her . I was up there the morning after that prayer-meeting night people talked so much of , and she looked positively dreadful , as if she had n't slept a wink the whole night . '' `` Nonsense ! '' said Mrs. Eastman decisively . `` She would never think of taking a boy like him when she 'd turned up her nose at better men . And I did n't want her for a daughter-in-law anyhow . I ca n't bear her . So I put my foot down in time . Lawrence sulked for a spell , of course -- boy-fashion -- and he 's been as fractious as a spoiled baby ever since . '' `` Well , I dare say you 're right , '' assented the dressmaker . `` But I must say I had always imagined that Bessy had a great notion of Lawrence . Of course , she 's so quiet it is hard to tell . She never says a word about herself . '' There was an unsuspected listener to this conversation . Lawrence had come in from the field for a drink , and was standing in the open kitchen doorway , within easy earshot of the women 's shrill tones . He had never doubted his mother 's word at any time in his life , but now he knew beyond doubt that there had been crooked work somewhere . He shrank from believing his mother untrue , yet where else could the crookedness come in ?
When Mrs. Eastman had gone to the kitchen XXXXX prepare dinner , Maggie Hatfield was startled by the appearance of Lawrence at the low open window of the sitting-room .
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