I thought Doc had gone crazy.

But he hadn't.
"When I kind of got my senses back I riled up right away.

'Well,' I says snappy, 'I think when you was pickin' out someone to be you might have picked out someone better.

From all I've heard, Shakespeare wasn't no better than he'd ought to have been.

He don't suit me no better than a Chinee would, and I hain't no fancy to marry Mister Shakespeare.