"A man ?" There was no reason why Miss Dawes should have changed color, but, according to Debby's subsequent testimony, she did; she blushed, so the widow declares.
"No," she protested.

"Oh, no! it's a--she's a child, that's all--a little girl.

But--" "Maybe you're gettin' up one of them geographical trees," suggested Mrs.
Beasley.

"I've seen 'em, fust settlers down in the trunk, and children and grandchildren spreadin' out in the branches.

Is that it ?" Here was an avenue of escape.