"Curly," says she, "oh, don't—don't!"
But she seen I didn't have no gun.
"Get across there quick!" says I to him.
"You overheard!" says he. "You overheard what I've been saying?"
"All of it," says I. "It was my business to. Of all the low-down things any man ever done in all his life, that's what you done now. I heard it all."
"Stop!" says he. "I won't stand that for a minute."
"You'll stand it for a lot longer than that," says I. "If you show this side the fence again I'll kill you!"
"Curly!" says he. "Why, Curly!"—like he was surprised. "Is it like that?"
"That's what it's like," says I. "Don't never doubt we can take care of our womenfolks. It's my own fault this has happened. I ought to of watched her closter. I ought never to of allowed you on our dock, let alone mixing with you. I thought you was more of a man than this," says I.
When I said that Bonnie Bell jumped and throwed her arms around my neck, and held on with both hands.