"Did Tom slip back here to see Miss Helen while I was away on this last trip?"
Minerva looked at Andy, fumbled with her apron, started to speak, hesitated and finally admitted feebly:
"Yassah!"
Andy's eyes fairly bulged:
"De Lordy, major, I didn't know dat, sah!"
Norton glanced at him:
"Shut up!"
"You ain't gwine ter be hard on 'em, major?" Minerva pleaded.
He ignored her interruption and went on evenly:
"How many times did he come?"