He was so very anxious to find out, that--well, I dodged.

I think he believed I was going to visit Captain Daniels." "Good enough! If I was governor of this state I wouldn't send any Thanksgivin' proclamations down this way.

I'd just write Em Peters and Didama Rogers and a couple more like them and save myself the trouble.
They'd have all I wanted to proclaim spread from one end of the county to the other in less'n a day, and a peck or two of extrys pitched in for good measure.

I'm awful glad you didn't tell Emulous you was the minister.

You see, Trumet's Trumet, and, considerin' everything, maybe it's just as well nobody knows about your bein' shut up in that study.
Not but what 'twas all right, you know, but--" "I understand.