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I don’t know.

Why did n’t you ask her?

I did, and she most bit my head off.

She most bites mine off every time I see her. I must say she ’s changed, Jane has; she ain’t the same girl at all she was a few weeks ago.

She ’s actin’ just awful, especially to me!

Of course, I ’d be the last one to say anything against her, but

But nothin’! There ain’t one of you here fit to tie her shoes!

We ain't?

And I ain’t! The only difference between us is I ain’t worth much and I know it, and you ain’t worth nothin’ and you don’t.

I guess you ’d better be careful how you talk!

If anybody says anything about Jane lately, that ’s the way he always talks! The worse she treats him the better he seems to like it.