He had cussed Aleck for repeating the epithet in the bunk house, and he had tried to lick Bud Norris, and had failed.

He blamed Mary V for his skinned knuckles and the cut on his lip, and for all his other troubles.

Johnny did not know about the coat, though he had it on; and if he had known, I doubt whether it would have softened his mood.

He was a terribly incensed young man.
Mary V had let her steps lag a little, knowing that Johnny must overtake her presently unless he turned short around and went the other way, which would not be like Johnny.

She had meant to say something that would lead the conversation gently toward the verses, and then she meant to say something else about the difficulty of making two lines rhyme, and the necessity of using perfectly idiotic words--such as wight.