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`` If I was in her place , seems to me , I 'd turn in some o ' my fine furniture toward my debts , '' Mrs. Sam Gilbert said , spitefully . She did not even escape calumny . Mrs. Sam Gilbert darkly hinted at certain `` goin 's on durin ' his bein ' away . Lit up till after midnight some nights . I c 'n see her winder from mine . '' Rose McPhail , one of Mrs. Sanford 's most devoted friends , asked , quietly , `` Do you sit up all night t ' see ? '' `` S'posin ' I do ! ''