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[Confused]

Yeh—I—I wanted to git in out o’ the rain. It’s got so I have sore throat every time I git wet.

Where’s Meg an’ Jude?

They stepped up the road a little piece to see if they could find out anything about Sid.

Then he didn’t come back here?

[Hesitates, confusedly]

Who—Sid? If he did I didn’t see him! An’ I’ve been out o’ the house fer jist a minute. I jist stepped out to the spring an’ back to see if the milk box ’us flooded. [Eagerly] Didn’t you see ner hear nothin’ of him?

[Glances at ]

Nothin’ we could count on.