"Didn't want to buy nothin'; said he just happened in, that's all.

Asked where you was, he did.

I didn't know he knew you, Mary-'Gusta." Mary-'Gusta, who was busy clearing the supper table, answered without looking round.

"He and Edna Keith bought some things at the store yesterday," she said.
"Yes, so he said.

He said tell you everything was all right and he had a fine time at the picnic.