"That's pretty bad, that is.

I'd hate to have your cat killed, Mary-'Gusta, land knows I would.

But if the critter's a chicken thief--" "But he ain't! I KNOW he ain't!" "Humph! You can't always tell, you know cats are cats and--" "But I know David wasn't the cat that did it.

I KNOW he wasn't" "Oh, you know, do you.

Hm! you do seem pretty sartin, that's a fact.