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`` And , by the way , I came down past the upper pasture . The fence looks grand . It did n't take long to fix it , did it ? '' `` Well , hit tuk quite a spell -- all day yeste ` day , an ' up 'til noon to-day . We only got one side an ' halft another done , an ' they 's two sides an ' a halft yet . But Mr. Bethune came by this noon , him an ' Lord , an ' ` lowed he wor n't in no gret hurry fer hit , causen he heerd from Schultz thet the hoss business ` ud haf to wait over a spell -- '' `` An ' Lord , he come down an ' boughten a lot of aigs offen me . Him an ' Mr. Bethune is both got manners . ''