an unimpeachable alibi

And in divin’ back into history as fur as I’ve doven I want to give suitable credit to my chumb, Uncle Simon Bentley.[…]I wuz astounded to see how deep Uncle Sime had doven into the great mysteries of human existence, not but what I’d have thought it out myself, if I’d had time from fambly cares.

Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed.

… The gay Afghan is a buggersome man! …