" I wish I was dead,” Barbara said. “I wish I had somebody to talk to. I wish—” “You better go out, Miss Barbara,” said Dorcas crossly. “What’s the good of wishing you was dead, and then wishing you had somebody to talk to? You couldn’t talk if you was dead. If you was to go out for a nice walk you might meet somebody to talk to, and I’d get on with my work—I’m behind ’and as it is. "

― D.E. Stevenson , Miss Buncle's Book (Barbara Buncle #1)