"I thought I'd wait and hear if anybody had anything else to say about it afore comin 'aft to relieve you; and it was while I was w'itin' that I dropped asleep. ""
"I _meant_ to ha 'come along and took a spell at water-grindin', but in w'itin 'for them swines to all go to sleep I went to sleep myself, and never woke up agine until five minutes ago. ""
"What would be a reasonable response to finding your secret phone was missing ... search through your logs right away to see if anyone turned itin."