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I guess so—Sometimes I kind of think I ’d like to be here when spring comes—and see all the young critters coming into the world—I should think there ’d be a lot a feller could do, to make it easier for ’em.

Yes.

Everybody ’s always makin’ a fuss over women and their babies. I guess animals have got some feelings, too.

(sewing)

Yes.

I know it—Yes, sometimes I sort of wish I could be here, in the spring.

You ’ll be a big help.

I ’ll be in prison. (He looks at her. She drops her head and goes on sewing) You forgot that, did n’t yer?

Yes.

What ’s the difference? A prison ain’t just a place; it ’s bein’ somewheres you don’t want to be, and that ’s where I ’ve always been.

You liked the army?

I s ’pose so.