But I tell you there was some talkin' goin' on, just the same.

The minister, he hinted that he had some doubts about them dissipated gunners; and the gunners cal'lated they never see a parson yet wouldn't bear watchin'.

As for me, I felt like a pickpocket, and, judgin' from Jonadab's face, he felt the same.
"The detective man swooped around quiet, bobbin' up in unexpected places, like a porpoise, and askin' questions once in a while.

He asked about most everybody, but about Willie, especial.

I judged Peter T.had dropped a hint to him and to Gabe.