The sight of the banana made Kenny dizzy with emotion.
He demanded one at any price and bought six, ate them one after the other without the pretense of a halt and moodily shied the last skin at a sparrow, realizing then with a shock that the negro had already untied the mule from the picket fence.

The precipitancy of it all made him slightly uncomfortable.

Either the negro was too lazy to bargain or the offer was out of all proportion to the mule's repute.

Kenny asked.
"He's got a powahful sight of appetite fo' a po' man," explained the darky fluently.

"I's glad to see him go.