A more kind-hearted and ingenuous soul never lived than Aunt Betsey, but she was a poor housekeeper. On one occasion a neighbor who had run in for a "back-door" call was horrified to see a mouse run across Aunt Betsey's kitchen floor.
Why on earth don't you set a trap, Betsey? she asked.
Well, replied Aunt Betsey. "I did have a trap set. But land, it was such a fuss! Those mice kept getting into it!"