I’m so afraid ‘cause I ain’t smart, and I’m old, and I just ain’t up to your boy’s measure.

Gianni Strino She looked back at the house and saw Adulio and Paulo working and they waved to her from a good distance away. She smiled and waved back and continued. “I wanna tell you, Señor, that I’m so happy and I’ll do my best to make your son happy, but I’m afraid. I’m so afraid ‘cause I ain’t smart, and I’m old, and I just ain’t up to your boy’s measure. I ain’t by a mile and I know it.” She shrugged and tried to make her voice stop shaking. Hilola was working herself up into a fairly agitated state. Her nose ran and she sniffed hard and wiped the tears from her eyes. She went on. “But Ramon keeps tellin’ me I’m fine and he loves me just as I am and he don’t act like he’s getting’ sick of me at all. And, Señor, I ain’t too old for babies, I know that. And I think I’m goin’ to be makin’ you a grandpa soon.” Allingham; Desperate Ride