Ah'm the dep'y Shereef of this 'ere deestric'.

Ah kin land yuh all in the calaboose if Ah wants to." "Deputy Sheriff! Mercy to goodness!" murmured Emma.

"Next thing we know, the Lord High Executioner will be calling on us looking for victims to decapitate." "Yes ?" questioned Grace.
"Let me speak with the man," urged Tom Gray, whereupon Grace waved her hand behind her to warn Tom to keep quiet.
"Who be yuh ?" "Presumably the man means to ask 'Who are you ?' but unfortunately he doesn't speak English," said Emma in a voice loud enough for the mountaineer to hear.

He glared at her and Emma glared back.
"I think, sir," replied Grace Harlowe, "that this has gone far enough.
We have no information to give.

I am sorry, sir.