Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"They all make fun of my singin'," he complained to Saxon.
"Honest, now, do you find it as rotten as all that?"

"It's . . . it's maybe flat a bit," she admitted reluctantly.

"It don't sound flat to me," he protested. "It's a regular josh
on me. I'll bet Bert put you up to it. You sing something now,
Saxon. I bet you sing good. I can tell it from lookin' at you."