He knows the game, and Forbes don't." "Can't he learn ?" asked the girl.
"No.

He's an idiot.

Always was a crank and an unsociable cuss when a boy, and he's worse now he's grown up.

Oh, I know Forbes, all right; and I haven't got no use for him, neither." Argument was useless in this case.

The girl sighed, gathered up her purchases, and went into the hardware store.
Immediately her spirits rose.