"I guess you ain't got nothin' to say about whether Jerry goes or not," Danny interposed quickly. "He can go if he wants to."
"No, he can't," contradicted Darn.
"Why can't he?" Nora asked.
"They don't let anybody in the poor farm go to the circus," was Darn's unexpected reply.
"That's not got nothin' to do with Jerry!" cried Danny hotly. "I guess he ain't in no poor farm."
"He's goin' to be, though," pursued Darn calmly, in that restrained, superior, informative manner which sometimes can be so maddening.
"I ain't either, am I, Danny?" Jerry appealed dolefully.
"No, you ain't," Danny assured him. "Darn's jest tryin' to make you cry. Don't you let him scare you."
"Jerry Elbow's goin' to the poor farm before the circus gets here," stated Darn.
"I ain't!" cried Jerry in a shaky voice. "I won't go! So there!"