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`` I understood Mrs. Solomon Black to say you were n't going to leave her for awhile yet . '' `` No ; I shall be there nights and Sundays till everything is finished here , '' said Lydia . `` Mrs. Black makes me very comfortable . '' `` Well , I think most of us ladies had ought to give you a vote of thanks on account of feeding the men-folks , noons , '' put in Mrs. Dodge . `` It saves a lot of time not to have to look after a dinner-pail . '' `` Mother , '' interrupted Fanny in a thin , sharp voice , quite unlike her own , `` you know Jim always comes home to his dinner . '' `` Well , what if he does ; I was speaking for the rest of th ' women , '' said Mrs. Dodge .