The teacher finished the sentence for him.
"To see if it was true ?" she said.

"It is.

I told her to stay and write fifty lines." "You did?
Well, now that's what I wanted to speak to you about.

Course I ain't interferin' in your affairs, you know, but I just wanted to explain about Bos'n--Emmie, I mean.

She ain't a common child; she's got too much head for the rest of her.