"It is my affair, you see."
"If it is your affair, then I owe you sixty dollars."
"No, you don't; I calculate to pay my board now. I am old enough and big enough to do something."
"You have done something ever since you was old enough to work."
"Not much; I don't wonder that miserable old hunker of a Hardhand twitted me about it. By the way, have you heard any thing from him?"
"Not a thing."
"He has got enough of us, I reckon."
"You mustn't insult him, Bobby, if you happen to see him."
"Never fear me."
"You know the Bible says we must love our enemies, and pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us."