s-sh-she

Updated: May 25, 2025

Martha stutters, very scared-like, and not taking her eyes off of me to answer him. "Miss Hampton, Martha," I says. "Y-y-y-es, s-sh-she is," says Martha. I wondered what was the matter with her. It is always my luck to get left all alone with my troubles. The doctor and the colonel, they walked right past us when she said yes, and up toward the house, and left her and me standing there.

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