It is the basement tries her, poor soul.
She says she has never been used to it. Her first husband was in the
tin trade, and they had a tidy little shop in the Borough."
"Oh, Mrs. Martin has been married before," observed Malcolm. He was
rather surprised at this piece of intelligence.
"Lord love you, yes, sir; and when she became Josh Leggett's widow
she just took up with me because she said she felt lonesome. She did
it with her eyes open as I often tell her, but she has never got
over the basement. It does not agree with her constitution, and it
never will."
"I suppose Kit is Mrs. Martin's child?" asked Malcolm, as he
digested this information.
Then Caleb gave a dry little laugh.
"Bless you, no, sir. Kezia never had any family. That was always a
sore point with her. She said that was why she was so lonesome, and
I believe she married me mostly on Kit's account. Oh, she has a good
heart, has Ma'am," continued Caleb in his slow, ruminative way,
"though she would talk a dozen men stupid, one after another, and be
as fresh as paint herself." And with this graphic description of the
second Mrs.
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