And there ain't been any opposition to you yet, except that time when Uncle 'Bial Stickney woke up in the wrong place and hollered 'No,' out of principle, thinkin' he was to home with his wife.

If I was you I'd go and take a nap.

You'll read the minutes at selectmen's meetings for another fifty year, more or less; take my word for it.

As for the school committee, that's different.

I ain't made up my mind about that." There had been much discussion concerning the school committee.