"Oh." Mentally he squinted, unamused. Sounded too much like grooming for slavery. Strange little rock.
"Really? Ah've met som' of my neighbors ou'there and wouldn' be surprised to see people turn n' run." Usually they were only a little hungry or curious, so he paid them no heed.
"A wanderer? Where've you gone? Anywhere partic'lary interestin'?"
Marie came over, bouncy as ever and not quite staring at Belle, to take their orders.