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"To be sure.... Um!... Paris, Rome, London might be argued into stealin' it myself, if I was a gal. Um!... Ever see a toad ketch flies, Bob? Does it with his tongue. There's toad men, Bob, that goes huntin' wimmin the same way with their tongues. Su'prisin' the number and quality they ketch, too. What was you plannin' on doin', Bob? Goin' back to your office, wasn't you?
"I hear 'im, massa," whispered the negro, "but das not su'prisin' plenty boats about." "This boat approaches the island, and I can tell by the sound that it is a large prahu. If it touches here it will be for the purpose of spending the night, and Malay boatmen are not always agreeable neighbours.
But not to Mis' Hemphill she's a most su'prisin' gossip, ye know nor to the Murfrees, nor Flahertys, nor nobody. These is fam'ly affairs, Lucy, and they ain't for public ears. I'm going down to Lon's now, and your pa'll get home soon very soon. I'll see to that," grimly. "Now, good night, and don't you shed another tear, will ye?"
"I hear 'im, massa," whispered the negro, "but das not su'prisin' plenty boats about." "This boat approaches the island, and I can tell by the sound that it is a large prau. If it touches here it will be for the purpose of spending the night, and Malay boatmen are not always agreeable neighbours.
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