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Rh there with him. So I thought I’d come in an’ have a little talk ’ith you; that is, if I ain’t a-cuttin’ short a preachment by Rufe. When I come in he was sayin’ sompen ’bout angels in heaven.

He says he can tell ’em all his thoughts about women. An’ that’s more ’n you can do, I expect!

Ha, ha! Well, I hadn’t thought about tryin’ jist yit!

’Tain’t nothin’ to laugh about! A man hain’t got no right to look at a woman, much less marry ’er, tell he can think right thoughts about her!

How’s he a-goin’ to know what sort o’ thoughts he can think about her tell he looks at her?

All my thoughts about ’em are right thoughts. [Maliciously, with his eyes on ] But o’ course I hain’t never seen them French gals you ’us a-tellin’ about while ago!

What ’us he a-sayin’ about French gals?