"I'd like to see Mr. Mason."
"Better come back later, sah. He am too full now."
"Very well. What's your name?"
"George Scott."
"Can you tell me where we can get our breakfast?"
"Right heah, if yo' like, sah."
"Thanks. We'll accept and pay you for your trouble. Is there a town near?"
"De railroad station ob Swamp Angel, two miles down dis road."
"I suppose we could find board there?"
"Yassah. Dar am a little hotel neah de depot. Come in, sah—come in."