"How do you know that ?" she asked.
"How does I know ?--law me, jes listen to thet chile! How does I know?
Ain' he done tole me, an' yo' an' Lizzie, an' Majah Buford--an' _you_?
Ain' he done tole you a dozen times?
Don' everybody know hit?
Him ez fine er man you goin' toe see right soon, I tell you.

Tall ez yo' fatheh wuz, an' strong ez er li'ne.

He kin git ole Mr.An'lope.

He kin ride ary beastis in this yer onery country.

An' him a-wukkin' for ther railroad, an' a lawyeh, an' all that.