"Yes."
"Got into a new business since you left the bridge."
"For a time. It won't last long."
"It is a pity they took the bridge job from you. I jest told Ben Hooker, the postmaster, so."
"They acted as they thought best, I presume."
"I understand Squire Paget was at the bottom of it. He appears to be very much down on you."
"It's on account of his son Percy. He wouldn't do the right thing, and we had a row."
"Can't tell me nuthin' about that boy! Didn't I catch him stealin' my choicest pears last summer? If he comes around my place again, I'll fill him full of shot, see if I don't!"
"You had better not, Mr. Gillup! The squire will have you arrested. He won't let any one do the first thing against Percy."
"I ain't afeared of him, Ralph. If he comes around, he'll get the shot, sure pop. But I ain't calkerlatin' he'll come, because I give him warnin', and he's too precious scared o' his hide."