“'Me?' says she.
“'You, Liz,' says he. 'I got t' get me a wife right away,' says he, 'an' they isn't nothin' else I've heared tell of in the neighborhood.'
“She begun to blow like a whale; an' she hit her buzzom with her fists, an' shivered. I 'lowed she was goin' t' fall in a fit. But she looked away t' the moon, an' somehow that righted her.
“'You better thee me in daylight,' says she.
“'Don't you mind about that,' says he. 'You're a woman, an' a big one,' says he, 'an' that's all I'm askin' for.'
“She put a finger under his chin an' tipped his face t' the light.
“'You ithn't got all your thentheth, ith you?' says she.
“'Well,' says he, 'bein' born on Hollow eve,' says he, 'I isn't quite all there. But,' says he, 'I wisht I was. An' I can't do no more.'
“'An' you wanth t' wed me?' says she. 'Ith you sure you doth?'
“'I got mother's ring,' says the cook, 't' prove it.'