The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson • Paragraph 703
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"Oh, I beg pardon; I didn't mean any offense. What I started out to ask was only about the old woman that raided the town--the stoop-shouldered old woman, you know, that you said you were going to catch; and I knew you would, too, because you have the reputation of never boasting, and--well, you--you've caught the old woman?"