29/42 I knew where you was this afternoon. I see you when you left there and I had a good mind to cross over and say what I had to say before the whole crew, Sam Hunniwell, and his stuck-up rattle-head of a daughter, and that Armstrong bunch that think themselves so uppish, and all of 'em." Mr.Winslow stirred uneasily in his chair. "Now, Phin," he protested, "seems to me--" But Babbitt was too excited to heed. His little eyes snapped and his bristling beard quivered. "I didn't come here to listen to you. |