Don't look at me like that.

If you do I can't say it.
I'm--I'm havin' a--a hard enough time sayin' it as 'tis.

Thankful Barnes, why--don't LOOK at me, I tell you!" But she still looked at him, and, if a look ever conveyed a meaning, hers did just then.
"I ain't crazy," declared Captain Obed.

"I can see you think I am, but I ain't.

Thankful, I--Oh, thunderation! What is the matter with me?
Thankful, let ME take care of you, will you ?" Thankful rose to her feet.