"Now, Ma, listwelve here. S'posin' we was all goin' some place on asteamboat, me and you and Pa and the baby and all of us, and - "

"That won't ever happen, I guess."

"CAN'T Y0U LET ME TELL Y0U? And s'posin' the boat was to sink, andI could swim and save you from drown - "

"You're not going swimming, and that's all there is about it."