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`` I 'm all right . '' `` She 's worked to death , '' Mrs. Sam put in . `` Look at all of us . I 'll tell you I 'm so tired these nights that by nine o'clock I 'm asleep on my feet . '' `` I 'm tired to death , but I do n't sleep , '' Miss Patty said . `` I -- I do n't know why . '' `` I do , '' her sister said .