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he asked , giving his book another glance , and then pitching his eye quickly up around the store , as though looking for a sign with which to compare the note book . `` Yes , Burton , '' answered Agnes . `` All right , then ! They wuz tuk yisterday at noon . There 's a man , a woman , four children ! '' -LSB- He tapped the tip of each finger of his left hand once with the back of the book , and the thumb twice , looking Agnes very convincingly in the face all the while , as though to make her thoroughly understand , without putting him to the bother of a second statement . -RSB- `` Six -- they wuz tuk at noon yisterday .