“Does that make any difference, Breezy?”

“Yo’re a queer little cuss, Larry. What do yuh mean?”

“He remembers me, don’t he?”

“Well, if he don’t!”

“Mr. Baggs says I must stay with Mr. Prentice, or I’ll be a charge on the county.”

“Amos Baggs said that, eh? You ain’t payin’ him for advice, are yuh, Larry? Yuh know a lawyer charges to tell folks what to do.”

“I didn’t pay him nothin’.”

“That’s the stuff! Don’t pay him anythin’. If he makes a yelp, you send him to me. I’ll bend a gun over his head.”

Larry stared at Breezy for a moment, wide-eyed.

“Wouldn’t that be a sin, Breezy?”