The Root of All Evil Quotes

“Nay, child!" she exclaimed. "It's over soon for that game! Eleven already, and naught done for dinner. Get those pots washed up, Rushie, and then see to the potatoes. Father'll none be so long before he's home; and there'll be Doadie Bartle and him for their dinners at twelve o'clock. Come on, now!" "I'm tired," said Rushie, as she slowly rose, and began to clear up the untidy table. "We've never done in this house!" "So'm I," retorted Jeckie. "But what's that to do with it when there's things to be done? Hurry up now, while I look after those fowls; they've never been seen to this morning.”
― J.S. Fletcher, The Root of All Evil