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> 「わしもじゃ」  
>  友蔵が出おくれまい **と** 言いそえた。  
>  "Me too" added Tomozou, not wanting to get a late start.

So I eventually figured out that まい was negative volitional (I hope I'm right)
then got stuck thinking that と was quotative and couldn't make any sense of
it. The context doesn't really fit with him **saying** that he won't get at
late start

I'm now thinking that と is actually making the previous phrase adverbial,
resulting in my above translation. Have I got this correct?
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grammar particle-と
Meaning of と in 友蔵が出おくれまいと言いそえた
You can think of the ～まいと as ～まいとして.

～うと・～ようと ⇒ ～うとして・～ようとして "trying to~~"  
～まいと ⇒ ～まいとして "trying not to~~"

Examples:

>   * 子供を助け **ようと** 川に飛び込んだ。⇒ 子供を助け **ようとして** 川に飛び込んだ。
>   * 涙を見せ **まいと** 背を向ける ⇒ 涙を見せ **まいとして** 背を向ける
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This use of と means not _saying_ 出遅れまい, but _thinking_ 出遅れまい. You can think
思って is omitted after the と. The "quotative" particle is often used this way.
Like in this example, Even と directly before 言う can sometimes be "...,
thinking ..., ..." You can tell only from the context.

See also:

  * [What does にと do?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/16000/5010)
  * <https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/25368/5010>
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