Have they been and gone ?" "No, they haven't been.

I--My land, my pie!" She rushed into the kitchen and snatched the pastry from the oven.

Her new caller followed her.
"So they ain't been, hey ?" he said.

"That's queer." "Elkanah's here.

He's in there with the minister now." "He is?
Givin' the young feller Hail Columby, I cal'late.