I can't; I'm all muzzled up tight.

She made me take an oath, same as she has you, and I ain't goin' to break it any more'n you would.

The little feller'll have to git 'long best way he kin now." Doctor John bent forward in his chair and looked at the captain curiously.

His words convey no meaning to him.

For an instant he thought that the shock of his son's death had unsettled the man's mind.
"Take an oath! What for ?" "'Bout Archie and herself." "But I've taken no oath!" "Well, perhaps it isn't your habit; it ain't some men's.