Sour Belly stopped and gave her a dumbfounded look, "Why do you'se ooman's onley live to fifta? Cos tha's the way t'is. It dinnae matter, its jus' what appens lassie. Ye do the best ye can and ye's keep on. If'n ye worry all day aboot shite like tha' ye wind up in charge. No bugger wants that for emselves ye ken?"