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Me and him gets on fine . '' `` Where is he now , Uncle Bob ? '' `` I reckon he 's back at Belle Plain by this time . You see we left him in Raleigh along after noon to ` tend to some business he had on hand . I never seen a gentleman of his weight so truly spry on his legs -- and all about you , Nevvy ; while as to mind ! Sho -- why , words flowed out of him as naturally as water out of a branch . '' Of Hannibal 's relationship to the judge he said nothing .