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`` Well , sah , '' said the old man , reflectively , `` my mem ` ry is a little derelictious on dat p ` int , but I knows 't was gettin ' putty late . '' `` Are you sure these were the same two men you had seen earlier in the day ? '' `` Yes , sah ; ` case I stepped in de bushes to watch 'em . Dey talked togedder berry low , an ' den one man goes back into de house , an ' I seen ` im plain in de hall light , an ' he was de fust man ; an ' while I was a-watchin ' ` im , de oder man he disappeahed an ' I cudn ' see ` im nowhar , but I know 'd he was de man dat came in de aft ` noon , ` case he look jes ' like ` im , an ' toted a coat on his arm . Well , sah , I t ` inks it a berry cur ` is sarcumstance , an ' I was jes ' comm ' to de preclushun dat I 'd mention it to some ob de fambly , when de fust man , he come to de dooh wid de housekeeper . I was in de shadder and dey didn ' see me , but I heah ` im say , kind o ' soft like , ` Remember , my deah lady , dis is a biz ` ness contract ; I does my part , an ' I ` spects my pay . ' An ' she says , ` Oh , yes , yoh shall hab yohr money widout fail . '