 "Don't look like they was so tough they had to sneak up on th' dipper to take a drink, do they now?"Donally asked of the room at large.
Donally was a short, stock man with a booming voice.
mnli hypothesis: Donally was a short, stock man with a booming voice. premise:  "Don't look like they was so tough they had to sneak up on th' dipper to take a drink, do they now?"Donally asked of the room at large.