All of the following excerpts contain vernacular language that vividly captures the characters in Calaveras County except -
a. "At the door I met the sociable Mr. Wheeler returning..."
b. "There couldn't be no solitry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it...."
c. "Thish-yer Smiley has a mare—the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you
know....."
d. "always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead, as near as you could cipher it down..."