"I've noticed Venie always runs past that door. It can't be 'cause it's dirty."
"No, honey; no."
"An' Jerusha, Venie told me yesterday when grandmamma first came here she couldn't get any servants to sleep in this house, and that was why she had to send for Venie."
"Don' yo' min' Venus; she's misleadin'."
"Well, but I asked Mr. Hall while he was cutting the grass, and he said he wouldn't like to live here, and he looked at the house in such a funny kind o' way."
"Huh! yo' mus'n't listen to po' w'ite trash."
"Then you'd better tell me, or I'll ask everybody."
"No, no, honey. Yo' grandma would be hoppin' mad ef yo' should git dem iggorant pussens t' gabbin' agin."
"Then you'd just better tell me, and it'll be a secret, please, An' Jerusha."