"'Anywhere you say,' she says…
"I'm standin' there lookin' at her, lettin' this sink into my bean, 'n' she begins to get red.
"'Don't stand there gawking at me!' she says, stampin' her foot. 'Say something!'
"'How about this St. Louis guy?' I says. 'With all his—'
"'Oh, he was only a Johnny,' she says.
"'How about De Mott?' I says.
"'Ugh!' she says, makin' a face.
"I don't say nothin' after that till I has it all thought out. The start looks awful good, but I begins to weaken when I thinks of the finish.
"'You act just suffocated with pleasure,' says the chicken. But I don't pay no attention.
"'You'll be lucky if you gets a job swipin' fur your eats when you hit New Awlins,' I says to myself. 'Wouldn't you look immense with a doll on your staff?'