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When she asked Hannah out in the kitchen to heat the milk for her , because Dr. Ellridge said she must drink it and then go to bed , the girl , who had been long with the family and considered that she in reality was the main-spring of the house , eyed her curiously . `` Said you had better go to bed ? '' said she . `` Why , it is n't nine o'clock ! '' `` He said I looked tired , Hannah , '' said Lily faintly . Hannah , who was a large , high-shouldered Nova Scotia girl , with a large , flat face obscured with freckles , sniffed . Lily heard her say quite distinctly as she went into the pantry for the milk , that she called it a shame when there were so many grown-up daughters to think of , for her part .