“And you the sheriff of this county trotted along in front to make the way smooth for your prisoner?”
“Yessah!”
“Is that the way you escort prisoners before a court?”
“Dem kin’ er prisoners—yessah.”
“Why didn’t you walk beside him?”
Aleck grinned from ear to ear and bowed very low:
“He say sumfin’ to me, sah!”
“And what did he say?”
Aleck shook his head and laughed:
“I hates ter insinuate ter de cote, sah!”