auses are represented by ellipses (. . .).

he suddenly said, "Hilary he would be Dandy, bic-ause he's call' the ladies' man!" "No, sir!" cried the General.

swore Gibbs, "and so will I!" Still Hilary scrubbed: "Why so, Mr. Gibbs?" "Bic-ause," put in Maxime, "he's got to go back through the same mud he came!" "Why, then," laughed Hilary, "I may as well knock off, too," and began to wash his hands.

"An' you crah bic-ause 'e is nod guiltie?"

"Well, then,"Aurora's eyes twinkled like stars,"id muz be bic-ause 'Sieur Frowenfel' bump 'is 'eadha, ha, ha!"

"Well, you know,"she drooped it meditatively to one side, with her eyes on the floor,"'tis bick-ause'tis bick-ause I thing in a few days I'm goin' to die.

Bick-ause, you know, you an' me is too hole to talg aboud dad lovin', you know.