“A Bible?”
“Yes.”
“Would you mind, Missy, comin’ on board this boat to-night, an’ tellin’ us about these books you have? I’m not educated; my daddy an’ I read the Bible, an’ tried to understand hit. Seems like we neveh did git to know the biggest and bestest of the words.”
“You had a dictionary?”
“A which?”
“A dictionary, a book that explains the meaning of all the words!”
“Ho law! A book that tells what words mean, Missy. Where all kin a man git to find one of them books?”
“Why, I’ve got––I’m hungry, Mr. Rasba, I must get something to eat. After supper we’ll bring some books over here and talk about them!”
“My supper is all ready, keeping warm in the oven,” 169 Rasba said. “I always cook enough for one more than there is. Yo’ know, a vacant chair at the table for the Stranger.”
“And I came?” she laughed.