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`` Esther , do n't talk foolish . '' `` Nothin ' foolish about it . If them two ai n't keepin ' company then I never saw anybody that was . He 's callin ' on her , and squirin ' her ` round , and waitin ' on her mornin ' , noon and night . And she -- my patience ! she might as well hang out a sign , ` Ready and Willin ' . ' She says he 's the one real aristocrat she has seen since she left her father 's home .