"Only I didn't know they was--was--" "Neither did anybody else, but what of it?
Folks don't usually advertise when they're keepin' comp'ny, do they ?" "No--o.

But it's gen'rally found out.

I know if I was keepin' comp'ny--or you was, La-viny--" His sister started.
"What makes you say that ?" she demanded, looking quickly up from her rubbing.
"Why, nothin'.

Only if I was--or you was, somebody'd see somethin' suspicious and kind of drop a hint, and--" "Better for them if they 'tended to their own affairs," was the sharp answer.

"I ain't got any patience with folks that's always talkin' about their neighbor's doin's.