`` i did hear ye say as how ye 'd not enough mold on hand , '' she started in , anxious but bright-eyed , `` so i said to arch , i said , we must go round to the houses nearabouts , and see what we can fetch back wi ' us for mrs. fraser , for after all , bread does go bad so quick when it 's damp , and the good lord kens that mrs. chisholm is a slattern , for all i 'm sure she 's a good heart , and what goings-on there may be at her hearth i 'm sure i shouldna like even to think about , but we- '' i was n't paying attention , but was staring at the results of the bugs ' morning raid on the pantries and middens of the ridge .