"'Cause. Ma asked him if he saw the girl waving at him, when the boat stuck? He said, 'Yes'm—wasn't it kind of her?'"
"Ma said, 'She's the prettiest girl in town.'"
"He said, 'Yes'm—isn't that nice?'"
"Ma said, 'She's the smartest girl in town.'"
"He said, 'Yes'm—it's worth while to be smart!'"
"Ma told him you was going to marry John McNeil. He said, 'They all do it.' And he never even asked your name."
"I tell you what; you drop past to-morrow afternoon before supper. He'll be there then. He won't look at you, he's so funny. But you can see him."
It was with as much interest as a person goes to a show that Ann Rutledge went to the Cameron home the next afternoon. She was doomed to disappointment.
"He's gone," Nance informed her.