MRS. H. What do you think of your mother?
C. Poor old darling. They have been worrying her till she has got
hipped and nervous about herself.
MRS. H. Do you know what spasms she has been having?
C. Oh! mother has had spasms as long as I can remember; and the
more she thinks of them the worse they are. I have often heard her
say so.
MRS. H. Yes; she has gone on much too long overworking herself, and
not letting your grandfather suspect anything amiss.