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 to Josephine . To herself she said complacently : `` She 's sorry for David . Well , I 've always heard that pity was akin to love . We 'll see what comes of this . '' Josephine did manage to live through that fortnight . One morning she remarked to David at the breakfast table : `` Well , I think that Mary Bell will be able to attend to the work after today , David . I guess I 'll go home tonight . '' David 's face clouded over . `` Well , I s ` pose we ought n't to keep you any longer , Josephine . I 'm sure it 's been awful good of you to stay this long . I do n't know what we 'd have done without you . '' `` You 're welcome , '' said Josephine shortly . `` Do n't go for to walk home , '' said David ; `` the snow is too deep . I 'll drive you over when you want to go . '' `` I 'll not go before the evening , '' said Josephine slowly . David went out to his work gloomily . For three weeks he had been living in comfort .
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