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You’re wrong thar! That’s the only sort I ever think about! I can say truthfully, Jude, that I’ve never had a thought about you ner no other woman that I’d be ashamed to tell to the angels in heaven!

[Enters at the front, laughing]

Angels in heaven, eh?

Sid! Did Andy git off home all right?

Not yit. I left him out thar behind the store.

Is he sick?

Yeh—but he’ll soon be over it. He was throwin’ it off purty fast when I left.

You didn’t give him back his pistol, did you?

No. They ain’t nuthin’ to worry about, Jude. He’ll be all right when he’s sober. Besides, Grandpap’s out