But friendship, 'cordin' to my notion, is somethin' so small in comparison that it hardly counts in the manifest.

Married folks ought to be friends, sartin sure; but they ought to be a whole lot more'n that.

I'm an old bach, you say, and ain't had no experience.

That's true; but I've been young, and there was a time when _I_ made plans....

However, she died, and it never come to nothin'.