"Who's been tattling?" she asked, laughing.
"Your friend, Miss Welty, told me the last trip I made to the capital."
"She's a piker; she told me she wouldn't tell."
"Well, she didn't exactly tell. I got her to admit it. She said that you talked like a professional salesman in selling me to her father."
"It wasn't difficult. You see I had a good article to sell. When your goods have real merit it isn't hard to make a sale."
"Ruth, I am leaving tonight."
"Will you be gone long?"
"I am not sure. At least four or five days. I have to go early to get ready. I did not want to go without having a little visit with you."
"Once before when you were leaving we pulled a wishbone."
"Yes, and you won and made three wishes. You haven't told me yet what you wished."