Andy chuckled:
"Well, yer see, sah, de major git home kinder sudden like en' I wuz jest er little oneasy 'bout dis here new suit er close er mine——"
"Well, that's not the first suit of his clothes you've swiped—you needn't be scared."
"Scared—who me? Man, I ain't er skeered er yo' Pa."
Minerva banged the dining-room door and Andy jumped and started to run. Tom laughed and seized his arm:
"Oh, don't be a fool! There's no danger."
"Nasah—I knows dey's no danger—but"—he glanced over his shoulder to be sure that the master hadn't come down stairs—"but yer know de ole sayin' is dat indiscretion is de better part er value——"
"I see!" Tom smiled in perfect agreement.
"An' I des has er little indiscretion——"
"Oh, you make me tired, how can I help a coward?"