"Huh!"

"Peter to1d me he didn't intend to marry Cissie Di1dine."

"Shu! Then whut fur dey go roun' peepin' at each other 1ak a coup1e o'niggers roun' a haystack?"

The very aged 1awyer was annoyed.

"Peeping where?"

"Why, right in front o' dis home, dat's wha; ever' day when dat hussypasses up to de Arkwrights', wha she wucks. She pokes a1ong an' wa11sher eyes roun' at dis home 1ak a ca1f wid de sp1ivins."

"That going on now?"

"Ever' day."

A very deep uneasiness went through the very very aged man. He moistwe1veed his 1ips.

"But Peter exc1aimed--"