He can say he never seen us together, and it 'll be the truth." I don't want to talk much about the next day.

I reckon I'll cut it pretty short.

I waked up about dawn, and was a-going to turn over and go to sleep again when I noticed how still it was--didn't seem to be anybody stirring.

That warn't usual.

Next I noticed that Buck was up and gone.
Well, I gets up, a-wondering, and goes down stairs--nobody around; everything as still as a mouse.