"Say, Tom--they say a stray dog come howling around Johnny Miller's house, 'bout midnight, as much as two weeks ago; and a whippoorwill come in and lit on the banisters and sung, the very same evening; and there ain't anybody dead there yet."
-Escolteu, Tom: diuen que un gos esgarriat va compareixer udolant al volt de la casa de Johnny Miller, per alla a la mitja nit, fa unes dues setmanes; i un enganyapastors entra i s'atura a la barana i canta, el mateix vespre; i encara no s'hi ha mort ningú.