Anything she wants me to know, she will tell me.

Do you understand ?" he finished with a reassuring smile.
"Yes, sir; I reckon you-all are 'bout right, an' I won't tell nobody nothin'.

But 'tain't a-goin' ter hurt none ter say as how you-all ort ter stay, I reckon." "And why do you think I ought to stay, Judy ?" "'Cause of what Auntie Sue's done for you-all,--a-nursin' you when you was plumb crazy an' plumb dangerous from licker, an' a lyin' like she did ter the Sheriff an' that there deteckertive man," returned Judy stoutly; "an' 'cause she's so old an' is a-needin' you-all ter help her; an' 'cause she is a-lovin' you like she does, an' is a-wantin' you-all ter stay so bad hit's mighty nigh a-makin' her plumb sick." Brian Kent did not answer.

The mountain girl's words had revealed to him the selfishness of his own consideration of his problem so clearly that he was stunned.

Why had he not, in his thinking, remembered the dear old gentlewoman who had saved him from a shameful death?
Judy went on: "Hit looks ter me like somebody just naturally's got ter take care of Auntie Sue, Mr.Burns.All her whole life she's a-been takin' care of everybody just like she tuck me, an' just like she tuck you-all, besides a heap of other ways; an' now she's so old and mighty nigh plumb wore out, hit sure looks like hit was time somebody was a-fixin' ter do somethin' for her.