Course I ain't sick.

Say!" Seth seemed to take a sudden interest in the conversation, "you come straight up from the cove, have you ?" "Yes.

Why ?" "You ain't been hangin' around outside here, have you ?" "Hanging around outside?
What do you mean ?" "Nothin'.

Why do you stand there starin' at me as if I was some sort of dime show curiosity?
Anything queer about me ?" "No.

I didn't know I was staring." The young man was bewildered by this strange behavior.