Then _good night_!" "Didn't Ah tell ye-all to keep still?
Want another clip ovah the haid ?" "Thank you, no," replied Hippy.

"If you don't mind, before I relapse into gloomy silence, you might tell me what the big idea is.

Who or what hit me, and why am I here hog-tied like a captured hoss thief ?" "Mebby ye-all be that.

Kain't answer no questions, an' if ye don't keep still Ah'll shoot ye.

Ah reckon ye-all will keep still that-away." "Ah reckon maybe you're right," agreed Hippy, and was silent.
Lieutenant Wingate was kept in the cave all that day.