“Guess not.”

“I don't mean nothing, Hunch, but you've been talking to her, and you know how to kind of quiet her. I never could, somehow.”

“Look here, Bruce, I ain't going today or any day. I ain't going at all. Understand? You needn't tell her I said that, though.”

“Guess I'd better be starting, eh, Hunch?”

“Guess you had.”

“Come on down to the depot. You ain't got nothing to do.”

At the station, Hunch said: “Got any money?”

“No, I ain't got much.”

“Here's a little. No drinking, now.”

“On my honor, Hunch, I won't drink a drop. Do you think a man would drink when he's going down to see his own wife, Hunch? Do you think——”