“I suppose he thinks he can tow me ’round wherever he likes, and I’ve got a mind to show him he can’t,” Nathan said to Isaac, motioning with his thumb toward the corporal.
“It’s Colonel Allen who wants to see you,” Isaac ventured to suggest timidly.
“How do you know?”
“Why Corporal ’Lige said so.”
“I ain’t certain that makes it true, ’cause he’s said a good many things that don’t amount to much since I’ve been around this place.”
“But the corporal wouldn’t lie,” Isaac said solemnly, and Nathan added with a peculiar smile:
“BUT THE CORPORAL WOULDN’T LIE,” ISAAC SAID SOLEMNLY.
Corporal ’Lige’s Recruit, p. 114.
“Oh, no, he wouldn’t lie!”