He said, if I wanted to learn more about the Thayers, I might go see--Humph, well, never mind that.

'Twas just foolishness, anyhow." But Phoebe persisted.
"To see whom ?" she asked.

"Some one you knew?
A friend of yours ?" Asaph turned red.
"Friend of mine!" he snarled.

"No, SIR! she ain't no friend of mine, I'm thankful to say.

More a friend of Bailey's, here, if she's anybody's.
One of his pets, she was, for a spell.