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Amanda detected a change of tone , and thereafter took flight whenever she heard his step at the kitchen door . So Monday forenoon passed ; Caleb brought water for her tubs and put out her clothes-line , but they had hardly spoken . The intangible monster of a misunderstanding had crept between them . But when at noon he asked as usual , though without looking at her , `` Goin ' to Sudleigh with the butter to-day ? '' Amanda had reached the limit of her endurance . It seemed to her that she could no longer bear this formal travesty of their old relations , and she answered in haste , -- `` No , I guess not . '' `` Then you do n't want I should set with your mother ? ''