Opposite neighbours

"e;AND so, Letty, you are really going to be married?"e;Nobody could have mistaken Mrs. Trescott for any thing but a lady, though she was dressed in a very ancient calico wrapper and a gingham apron, and though her sleeves were turned up to her elbows, and her hands stained with the fruit she was paring. Mrs. Trescott was, in housekeeping phrase, "e;getting ready to do up her quinces,"e; and had c...