"I dare say there's a simpler explanation.

Don't you suppose that if Nelson was right and Mr.
Carewe really did come back, it was because he did not wish his daughter and Mrs.Tanberry to know that--that he expected a party of friends, possibly, to join him there later ?" "What he doin' wid dat gun, suh?
Nobody goin' play cyahds ner frow dice wid a gun, is dey ?" asked Mamie, as she rose and walked toward the door.
"Oh, that was probably by chance." "No, suh!" she cried, vehemently.

"An' dem gelmun wouldn' play t'-night, no way; mos' on 'em goin' wid you to-morrer an' dey sayin' goodby to de'r folks dis evenin', not gamblin'! Miz Tanberry'll be in a state er mine ontel she hyuh f'um me, an' I goin' hurry back.

You won' come dah, suh?
I kin tell her dat you say you sutney ain' comin' nigh our neighborhood dis night ?" "I had not dreamed of coming, tell her, please.

Probably I shall not go out at all this evening.