"And why should they quarrel, Jeannette? It's very foolish."
"I don't know about being foolish, ma'am; but it's the most natural thing in life. If I had two beaux as was a-courting me together, in course I should expect as they would punch each other's heads. There's some girls do it a purpose, because they like to see it. One at a time's what I say."
"You're a young thing, Jeannette."
"Well, ma'am--yes; I am young, no doubt. But I won't say but what I've had a beau, young as I look."
"But you don't suppose that I want beaux, as you call them?"

"Why should they quarrel, Jeannette? It's very foolish."
"I don't know about being foolish, ma'am; but it's natural. If I had two beaux as was a-courting me together, I should expect as they would punch each other's heads."
"But you don't suppose that I want beaux, as you call them?"
