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He informed them that I was considering the matter of coming to live among them ; and I found them very friendly , and much interested in our proposed change of residence . They all treated Jim with respect , and his manner toward them had a dignity which I had not looked for . Evidently he was making himself felt in the community . When we returned to the Centropolis at noon , we found Mrs. Trescott and her daughter chatting with my wife . The elder woman was ill-groomed , as are all women of her class in comparison with their town sisters , and angular . I knew the type so well that I could read the traces of farm cares in her face and form . The serving of gangs of harvesters and threshers , the ever-recurring problems of butter , eggs , and berries , the unflagging fight , without much domestic help , for neatness and order about the house , had impressed their stamp upon Mrs. Trescott .