Heap of it, sir, replied the overseer, taking off his cap. It was that fine yaller lady there that made most of it. She's the one that's a-fomintin' trouble right along. She's a quiet lookin' gal, but she ain't. It's all right what the jedge says to me, but I'm goin' to have a little settlement with this fine lady myself, this time.

The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.

I was absurdly pleased, like a very apprentice cocksmith praised for the length of his stream, and to cover my embarrassment I turned the talk back to her problems.

The way of riding most used in this place is on assback.