eff

The girl Eff sat by the fireplace, humming some light measure.

Wal, I toled har, Id stan' by har eff evrithing went ter h—l—an I wil, by ——.

She had a little maid who attended her,—Eff she called her,—and the girl stood by to watch while Anne did my bidding.

So I got the tackle of Eff's father—rude enough it was in all conscience—and in the early afternoon I set out to the sport.

Then she stopped exhausted, smiled on Eff, who sat like a cinder-witch all the while, and smoothed the hair from her brow.