He was very polite, almost obsequiously so, and his explanations concerning the repairs which he had found it necessary to make and the painting which he had had done were lengthy if not convincing.
As they left him, smiling and bowing in the doorway of his store, Thankful shook her head.

When they were out of earshot she said: "Hum! The paint he says he put on that precious property of mine don't show as much as you'd expect, but he used enough butter and whitewash this morning to make up.

He's a slick party, that Mr.Badger is, or I miss my guess.

His business arithmetic don't go much further than addition.

Everything in creation added to one makes one and he's the one.