“Is he a friend of Lawyer Chew’s?”

“Who? Madden? Possibly. I kain’t say.”

“Do you know Lawyer Chew very well?”

“Humph! I know him by hearsay an’ sight. An’ that’s enough fur me.”

“You don’t think much of him?”

“No, nor of snakes, nuther.”

“Do you like Dr. Madden?”

“Him? Wa-al, I might like him better if he wasn’t so kind o’ queer.”

“Queer?” says Poppy.

“He’s got queer eyes fur one thing.”