I never had anything to be friends with, and I can't bear people." "Can't you bear me ?" asked Mary.
"Yes, I can," he answered.

"It's funny but I even like you." "Ben Weatherstaff said I was like him," said Mary.

"He said he'd warrant we'd both got the same nasty tempers.

I think you are like him too.

We are all three alike--you and I and Ben Weatherstaff.