hey, what the devil s going on here? are you out of your head? well, i made us equal, didn t i? well, you stay away from my girl, or i ll break off our kinship, brother. all right, get back to your wagons, folks. come on. all of you get back. no more fuss. why did thee let him make a fool of thee? why didn t thee break him in half? thee could have made two of him without trying. i don t want to make two of him, benjy. i found one of him quite enough. thee s the bravest man in the whole shh, shh! quiet. nothing to trouble thyself over, major adams. jed otis felt i d done him a wrong. i heard him tell you to stay away from his girl. in the first place, i didn t know she was his girl. and second, i didn t think you d be interested in her. he ain t. she ain t interested in him neither, cept to add him to her collection. she s a man-eater. runs after a fella till she s caught him and then picks his heart clean and chucks him away. thee is talking of thy own grand-daughter. look