\"Why，Colton。Hewasinhereyesterday。Openedwhathecalledahouseholdaccount；thatwashismainbusiness。Butheaskedaboutyou，alongwithit。\"
Thisexplainedsomethings。ItwasclearnowwhySmallhadappearedsointerested。\"Oh！\"Isaid。
\"Youbethedid。WantedtoknowifIknewyou，andwhatyouwere，andsoon。ItoldhimIknewyouprettywell。’Whatsortofafellowishe？Adamnfool？’heasked。Istrainedthetruthenoughtosayyouwereaprettygoodfellowandalongwaysfromthatkindofafool，accordingtomyreckoning。’Umph！’sayshe。’Isherich？’ItoldhimIguessedyouwan’tsorichthatyougotround—
shoulderedluggingyourmoney。’Why？’saysI，gettingcurious。
’Haveyoumethim，Mr。Colton？Ifyouhaveyououghttohavesizedhimupyourself。Ialwaysheardyouwereaprettyfairjudge。’Helookedatmekindoffunny。’IthoughtIwas，’sayshe，’butyouseemtoraiseanewvarietydownhere。’ThenIguesshethoughthe’dsaidenough。Atanyrate，hewalkedoff。Whatdidyouandhesaytoeachother，Ros？\"