"Yes'm."
"What'd they say?"
"I don't know."
"Well, surely you remember something—if you heard them. Just tell me one thing they said."
"She was crying and crying. And he said, 'Shut up.' And she said, 'Don't do it.' And he said he's gonna get lots of money and buy him a au-something."
"A automobile?"
"That's it! And he saw me squatting down by the spring dipping up water, and he said he'd kill me."
"Good Heavens!"
"Miss Ophelia said I wouldn't tell!"
"I declare to my soul! Tell what?"