But you don't know how mighty proud and particular Ollie always is.

I figure that bein' in the city with all them one folks ain't goin' to make him any less that way than he was.

And if he stays there and keeps on a changin', and I stay here, and don't change none, why it might be that I--I--" She faltered and came to a dead stop, twisting her bonnet strings nervously in her confusion.

"Ollie he ain't like Young Matt, nohow," she said again.

"Such as that wouldn't make no difference with him.