Lady comes out and sets in my parlor for eight minutes, and I ain't such a fool but what I can learn a heap of things in that time.

That don't mean necessary that I'm goin' to tell any _other_ fellow what I may think.

It _does_ mean that I'm goin' to see fair play." The girl could make no protest at this enigmatic speech, and the even voice went on.
"How I know things is easy," he continued.

"If you think he"-- once more nodding his head toward the group beyond--"come down here to hear a op'ry singer sing, I want to tell you he didn't.

That was me.