Doesn't Ben Gunn say that, repeatedly?

On Tue, 2018-01-23 at 03:24 -0800, Clay Shannon wrote:
> I=E2=80=99m reading Hamlin Garland=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CMrs.
> Ripley=E2=80=99s T=
> rip=E2=80=9D in his =E2=80=9CMain-Travelled Roads=E2=80=9D
> collection.=20
> 
> There=E2=80=99s a woman in the story (the neighborhood gossip) who
> repeatedl=
> y says, =E2=80=9CSays I.=E2=80=9D
> 
> There=E2=80=99s a Twain book with a similar lady - I think she
> appears towar=
> d the end of =E2=80=9CHuck Finn,=E2=80=9D at the Phelps farm.
> 
> Does anybody know if Twain and Garland were aware of each using a
> similar ch=
> aracter?
> 
> I think Twain=E2=80=99s predated Garland=E2=80=99s. Shades of
> plagiarism?
> 
> -- B. Clay Shannon=
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