30 December, 2009

Well, hmmf.

"...Well, hmmf. I suppose some allowance has to be made on account of him being city-raised. City-raised young ones ain't been learned to do things when they was young. They don't have the gumption of them that's raised in the country."
-Little Britches

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have someone in mind who was city raised???

Erica said...

No. It's just a quote that cracked me up. In the book Mrs. Corcoran is talking about Ralph...so he's the "him" in the quote. :)

huntinguy said...

I love Little Britches!

Anonymous said...

Wow....that's amazing!