"You can tell me NOW, can't you?
I'm not talk--" "You are, too!" Penrod shouted.

"You talk all the time! You--" He was interrupted by Whitey's peculiar cough.

Both boys jumped and forgot their argument.
"He means he wants some more to eat, I bet," said Sam.
"Well, if he does, he's got to wait," Penrod declared.

"We got to get the most important thing of all fixed up first." "What's that, Penrod ?" "The reward," said Penrod mildly.

"That's what I was tryin' to tell you about, Sam, if you'd ever give me half a chance." "Well, I DID give you a chance.