Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"But you won't do any of that, Billy."

"Not so as any slob can testify before a court to havin' seen
me." Then, with a quick shift, he changed the subject. "Old Barry
Higgins is dead. I didn't want to tell you till you was outa bed.
Buried'm a week ago. An' the old woman's movin' to Frisco. She
told me she'd be in to say good-bye. She stuck by you pretty well
them first couple of days, an' she showed Martha Shelton a few
that made her hair curl. She got Martha's goat from the jump."