"Sorry," she said gruffly, looking at her bandaged feet, which were thrust over the edge of the wheelbarrow, "I’m lame, like the silly ass I am, so the kids have to wheel me round—that fool of a calf won’t drink for Bill, but he gen’lly-as-a-rule will for me.  Don’t you bother, Mr. Macleod; Bert can get me up all right."