? ? ? ? "You're s'rp- Why, what do you reckon I am? I've a good notion to take and- say, what do you mean by kissing me?"
? ? ? ? He looked kind of humble, and says:
? ? ? ? "I didn't mean nothing, m'am. I didn't mean no harm. I- I- thought you'd like it."
? ? ? ? "Why, you born fool!" She took up the spinning-stick, and it looked like it was all she could do to keep from giving him a crack with it. "What made you think I'd like it?"
? ? ? ? "Well, I don't know. Only, they- they- told me you would."
? ? ? ? "They told you I would. Whoever told you's another lunatic. I never heard the beat of it. Who's they?"
? ? ? ? "Why- everybody. They all said so, m'am."
? ? ? ? It was all she could do to hold in; and her eyes snapped, and her fingers worked like she wanted to scratch him; and she says:
? ? ? ? "Who's 'everybody?' Out with their names- or ther'll be an idiot short."
? ? ? ? He got up and looked distressed, and fumbled his hat, and says:
? ? ? ? "I'm sorry, and I warn't expecting it.
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