"Well, there's sev'ral would like to get her, I dare say.

Sally Briggs is a pretty fine sort of woman, an' Pap Briggs has quite considerable money, but the Colonel an' Skinner has the inside track.

No one else has a chance." Eliph' stroked his whiskers softly and coughed gently behind his hand.
"Briggs, did you say the name was ?" he asked.

"Seems to me I met a lady at a picnic up Clarence way that had that name.

You said the name was Sally Briggs ?" "That's her," said Wilkins.