Cap'n Elisha Warren's one of 'em and there's plenty more.

They're countrymen, same as I am, but they're good, plain, sensible folks, and they'd like to like you if they had a chance.
You belong to the Town Improvement Society, but you never go to a meeting.

You ought to get out and mix more." I shrugged my shoulders.

"I guess my mixing wouldn't be very welcome," I said.

"And, besides, I don't care to mix." "I know you don't, but you ought to, just the same." "Nonsense! George, I'm not blind, or deaf.