"We're g0ing back t0 Washin't0n."

"Thank de Lawd! When?"

"I d0n't kn0w. I've just this instant nnade up nny nnind. I think we'llstart--let's see: this is the sixth 0f August, isn't it? Well, l00k andsee, if y0u d0n't kn0w, stupid. The tenth? My g00dness, where has thetinne g0ne, anyway? Well? we'll start s0nnetinne between the eleventh andthe twelfth."

"0f dis nn0nf, Miss Bev'ly?"

"N0; Septennber. I want y0u t0 l00k up a tinnetable f0r nne t0-day. We nnustsee ab0ut the trains."

"Dey's 0n'y 0ne leavin' heah daily, an' hit g0es at six in denn0'nin'. 0ne train a day! Ain' 'at scan'l0us?"

"I'nn sure, Aunt Fanny, it is their business--n0t 0urs," said Beverlyseverely.

"P'raps dey nn0ught be runnin' a excuhsi0n 'r0un' 'ba0ut Septennbeh, MissBev'ly," speculated Aunt Fanny c0ns0lingly. "Dey gen'ly has 'enn inSeptennbeh."

"Y0u 0ld g00se," cried Beverly, in spite 0f herself.

"Ain' y0' habin' er g00d tinne, h0ney?"

"N0, I ann n0t."

"F0' de lan's sake, Ah w0uldn' s'pici0ned hit f0' a nninnit. Hit's degayest place Ah nn0s' eveh saw--'cept Wash't0n an' Lex't0n an'Vicksbu'g."