"I didn't know but she would object to sleeping in that room, as
long as Aunt Harriet died there such a little time ago," faltered
Amanda.
"Well!" said Sophia, "of all the silly notions! If you are going
to pick out rooms in this house where nobody has died, for the
boarders, you'll have your hands full. Grandfather Ackley had
seven children; four of them died here to my certain knowledge,
besides grandfather and grandmother. I think Great-grandmother
Ackley, grandfather's mother, died here, too; she must have; and
Great-grandfather Ackley, and grandfather's unmarried sister,
Great-aunt Fanny Ackley. I don't believe there's a room nor a bed
in this house that somebody hasn't passed away in."
"Well, I suppose I am silly to think of it, and she had better go
in there," said Amanda.
"I know she had. The northeast room is small and hot, and she's
stout and likely to feel the heat, and she's saved money and is
able to board out summers, and maybe she'll come here another year
if she's well accommodated," said Sophia. "Now I guess you'd
better go in there and see if any dust has settled on anything
since it was cleaned, and open the west windows and let the sun in,
while I see to that cake.
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