human
By ginger! That's goin' to the county fair!
gpt
Of course he'll take it. Like's not it may git a prize, so he says; but he's got to have it right off, because all the things are goin' to-morrow morning.
human
Agricultural Hall. But that meant little to Mehetabel's utter ignorance of all that lay outside of her brother's home. The family noticed the old woman's depression, and one day Sophia said kindly,
gpt
You feel sort o' lost without the quilt, don't you, Mehetabel?
human
They took it away so quick! she said wistfully;
gpt
I hadn't hardly had one real good look at it myself.
human
I dun'no'. Why?
gpt
Well, Thomas Ralston has got to drive clear to West Oldton to see a lawyer there, and that is four miles beyond the fair. He says if you can git up so's to leave here at four in the morning he'll drive you over to the fair, leave you there for the day, and bring you back again at night.
human
Why, you can't _mean_ it! she cried, paling with the intensity of her emotion. Her brother laughed a little uneasily. Even to his careless indifference this joy was a revelation of the narrowness of her life in his home.
gpt
Oh, 'tain't so much to go to the fair. Yes, I mean it. Go git your things ready, for he wants to start to-morrow morning.