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I got to go!

Andy, I hope you ain’t got a notion ’at they’s any hard feelin’s [claps him on the shoulder], ’cause they ain’t.

’Course not !

Jude ’ll stay. Won’t you, Jude?

I reckon I’d better. They won’t expect me back in a storm, They won’t expect Andy, neither.

I’ve told you ’at I’m a-goin’, storm er no storm!

Well, you know your own business. Ef you’re sot on goin’, let’s git started. [Starts out.]

[Stopping him]

Sid, they ain’t no need o’ your goin’!

Yes, they is. Whatever Andy’s reason fer goin’ is, I reckon I got a better one. I don’t intend to waste no