"He better git while gittin's good. John Rutledge is fixed, and he sets more store by Ann than the whole other eight of 'em."
"McNeil knows all that. But here comes Kit Parsons. Wonder what's kept him late? Kit, you're late."
"Yeh," and he sat down by the fire.
"What's extry? Been stealin' anything or gettin' religion?"
"Same thing as gettin' religion," he said. "Been fulfillin' the Scripture injunction."
"Which one?"
"Been replenishin' and multiplyin'."
"Mollie got another litter?" Ole Bar asked with a show of interest.
"Just one this year. But I calculate that a man what grubs for three which arrives in two years is somewhat religious."