And by and by the old man
says:
"Did I
give you the letter?"
"What letter?"
"The one I got yesterday out of the post-office."
"No, you didn't give me no letter."
"Well, I must a forgot it."
So he rummaged his pockets, and then
went off somewheres
where he had laid it down, and fetched it, and
give it to her.