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There! there! Now I cal'late you're hintin' that I'm drunk.

I ain't." "Indeed ?" "Yes, indeed.

And I ain't out of my head--not yet; though keepin' company with a Bedlamite may have some effect, I shouldn't wonder.

Mr.
John Brown--if that's your name, which I doubt--you listen to me." "Very well, Mr.Seth Atkins--if that is your name, which I neither doubt nor believe, not being particularly interested--I'm listening.