Papa wanted to know if Miss Lida Belle had mentioned Addle Mae. Mama said that woman didn't part her lips about the girl all day long.
Then Mama told Papa where Miss Lida Belle got the white shirt. And Papa told Mama about the red fox squirrel the doctor found in Ward's pocket.
"Poor little squirrel!"
"What makes you say that, Bandershanks?"
"Mama, they threw him to the dogs! And he was so soft and warm. He was a pretty thing! Wasn't he pretty, Papa?"
"So soft and warm?"
"Yes, sir."
"Great Jehoshaphat and gully dirt! Yeah, he was pretty! But I didn't know he was still warm! My Lord! Nannie, do you realize what that means?"
"I sure do! If he wasn't cold yet, somebody stuffed that squirrel into Ward's coat pocket this morning!"
"Exactly!"