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It seemed to Kenneth he had just fallen into a troubled slumber when he was aroused by the tinkling of the telephone bell at the side of his bed. It was Hiram Tucker.
"Doc, I reck'n you won't have to go t' Atlanty today, after all. My wife, she tol' me to tell you she's changed her min' 'bout that op'ration. What's dat? . Naw, suh, she's kinder skeered she won' wake up from dat chlo'form. Yas, suh, yas, suh, I knows 'rangements been made but, Doc, you ain't married, so you don't know nuthin' 'tall 'bout wimmenfolks. Some day you'll learn dat when dey says dey ain't gwine do somethin' dey's done sot dere minds on not doing, dey ain't gwine t' do it. Hello. Hello. Hello!"