My Lord A'mighty!" He spat on the floor to emphasize his disgust.

There was an interval of silence before Jed answered.
"Well, Phin," he said, slowly, "you're right, in a way.

Leander and I have always been pretty good friends and he's been in the habit of droppin' in here to talk things over with me.

When he came to me to ask what he ought to do about enlistin', asked what I'd do if I was he, I told him; that's all there was to it." Babbitt extended a shaking forefinger.
"Yes, and you told him to go to war.

Don't lie out of it now; you know you did." "Um.