How'd you come to see me?
What was your doin' up that time of night ?" Mrs.Bascom's color deepened.

She seemed put out by the question.
"So much racket a body couldn't sleep," she explained sharply.

"I thought the shingles would lift right off the roof." "But you wa'n't lookin' at the shingles.

You was lookin' at the lighthouses; you jest said so.

Emeline, was you lookin' for me?
Was you worried about me ?" He bent forward eagerly.
"Hush!" she said, "you'll wake up the other woman-hater." "I don't care.