He acts sleepy, but that's only because he's got such a large practice--he's a pretty wide-awake kind of a man some ways.

Well, what he says last night about Bibbs himself bein' asleep, and how much he'd amount to if he ever woke up--that's what I got to thinkin' about.

You heard him, papa; he says, 'Bibbs'll be a bigger business man than what Jim and Roscoe was put together--if he ever wakes up,' he says.

Wasn't that exactly what he says ?" "I suppose so," said Sheridan, without exhibiting any interest.
"Gurney's crazier'n Bibbs, but if he wasn't--if what he says was true--what of it ?" "Listen, papa.

Just suppose Bibbs took it into his mind to get married.
You know where he goes all the time--" "Oh, Lord, yes!" Sheridan turned over in the bed, his face to the wall, leaving visible of himself only the thick grizzle of his hair.