"He says Bibbs is older and harder'n what he was
when he broke down that time, and besides, he ain't the kind o' dreamy
way he was then--and I should say he AIN'T! I'd like 'em to show ME
anybody his age that's any wider awake! But he says Bibbs's health
never need bother us again if--"
Mrs. Sheridan shook her head. "I don't see any help THAT way.
You know yourself she wouldn't have Jim."
"Who's talkin' about her havin' anybody? But, my Lord! she might let
him LOOK at her! She needn't 'a' got so mad, just because he asked
her, that she won't let him come in the house any more. He's a
mighty funny boy, and some ways I reckon he's pretty near as hard
to understand as the Bible, but Gurney kind o' got me in the way o'
thinkin' that if she'd let him come back and set around with her an
evening or two sometimes--not reg'lar, I don't mean--why--Well, I just
thought I'd see what YOU'D think of it. There ain't any way to talk
about it to Bibbs himself--I don't suppose he'd let you, anyhow--but
I thought maybe you could kind o' slip over there some day, and sort
o' fix up to have a little talk with her, and kind o' hint around till
you see how the land lays, and ask her--"
"ME!" Mrs.
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