"Heard her say so, my own self, dis blessed mornin', when I bring in Mas'r's shaving-water.
"Der an't no saying'--never--'bout no kind o' thing in dis yer world," he said, at last.
"Hain't ever wore it yet," she said, "en it's just lovely." Then she nodded her head in response to a pleasant idea, and added, "No, I ain't gwine to be fished out, wid everybody lookin' at me, in dis mis'able ole linsey-woolsey."
'em putt'n dey han's up 'fo' dey eyes en sayin' to David and Goliah en dem yuther prophets, 'Dat chile is dress' to indelicate fo' dis place.'"
Dis I saw pefore I know him three months, und Bertran he haf saw the same; and Bimi, der orang-outang, baf understood us both, mit his cigar between his big-dog teeth und der blue gum.
"Den I said to him: 'Dost thou pretend to know monkeys und dis beast dot is lashing himself mad upon der sands, pecause you do not talk to him?
Und here is a lady dot knows her business--I could send you to people in
dis block, und dey vould tell you--"
Didn' he jis'
dis minute sing out like he knowed you?"
Dis donc, Prosper, it must be a drole de pays over there, where young persons animated by this ardent curiosity are manufactured!
"I'm
dis --
dis -- discouraged" -- bringing out the big word with a valiant effort.
"Here, now," said Jimmie, "we've had enough of
dis. Sit down, an' don' make no trouble."
"Why, massa, taint worf while for to git mad about de matter - Massa Will say noffin at all aint de matter wid him - but den what make him go about looking
dis here way, wid he head down and he soldiers up, and as white as a gose?