I honestly do n't . And I would n't like to be called upon to swear when the floor was scrubbed either . The corners were just full of rolls of dust -- you could have shovelled it out . I swept it out next day and I thought I 'd be choked . As for the pantry -- well , the less said about that the better . And it 's the same all through the house . You could write your name on everything . I could n't so much as clean up . Zillah was so sick there could n't be a bit of noise made . I did manage to sweep and dust , and I cleaned out the pantry . And , of course , I saw that the meals were nice and well cooked . You should have seen David 's face . He looked as if he could n't get used to having things clean and tasty . I darned his socks -- he had n't a whole pair to his name -- and I 've done everything I could to give him a little comfort . Not that I could do much . If Zillah heard me moving round she 'd send Mary Bell out to ask what the matter was . When I wanted to go upstairs I 'd have to take off my shoes and tiptoe up on my stocking feet , so 's she would n't know it . And I 'll have to stay there another fortnight yet . Zillah wo n't be able to sit up till then . I do n't really know if I can stand it without falling to and scrubbing the house from garret to cellar in spite of her . ''
Mrs. Tom Sentner did not say much XXXXX Josephine .
David Zillah as if of on that through till to