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"How d'you mean? How could he----"

"He beat hisse'f! He dess out-talk hisse'f! No, ma'am; I done hear hiht he beat hisse'f"

"What about?"

"Nothin' in the orl' but dess thishere young li'l Noble Dills e talkin' about this livin' minute"

"What started him?"

"Whut start hioo'niss! He b'en started ev' since the very firs' time he ev' lay eyes on hirampaw don' like none nem callers, but he everlas'n'ly did up an' take a true spite on thishere li'l Dills!"

"I ht?"

"Theareets whut thishere Noble Dills smoke whiles he settin' out on the front po'che callin' on you' Aunt Julia You' grahty funny man about smellin'! You knoell's I do he don't even like the smell o' violet Well, ma'aoin' stan' the sareets thishere Dills sht one on the front po'che, she sif' all through the house, an' coht the whole way out to raain if that li'l Dills light dess one oin' to walk out there an' do some harm! Co'se she nev' tuck an' pay no 'tention, 'cause Miss Julia, she nev' pay no 'tention to nobody; an' she like caller have nice tirampaw make such a fuss 'Yes, 'deed, kine frien',' she say, she say, when they ast her: 'Miss Julia, ht ht as many as you please, kine frien',' she say, she say She say: 'Sh'ful li'l smell,' she say 'Go 'head an' smoke all you kin stan',' she say, ''cause I want you injoy you'se'f when you pay call onli'l Dills settin' there puffin' an' blowin' his ches' out and in, an' feelin' all nice 'cause it about the firs' time this livin' summer he catch you' Aunt Julia alone to hisse'f fer while--an' all tiht at you' grampahur he settin' in his liberry Ma'ahty important fer to speak to her So she tell thishere Dills wait a minute, an' walk in the liberry Oh, ladies!"