She's another stuck-up that don't speak to common folks.

Who knows anything about her any more'n they did about him?
Better look up her record, I guess.

The boy's turned out to be a thief; maybe the sister'll turn out to be--" "Stop! Be still!" Jed actually shouted it.

Babbitt stopped, principally because the suddenness of the interruption had startled him into doing so.

But the pause was only momentary.