human
Joe, do you know those Farrens? They are not well off, I suppose?
gpt
They cannot be well off, sir, when they've not had work as a three month. Ye'd see yoursel' 'at William's sorely changed--fair paired. They've selled most o' t' stuff out o' th' house.
human
He was not a bad workman?
gpt
Ye never had a better, sir, sin' ye began trade.
human
And decent people--the whole family?
gpt
Niver dacenter. Th' wife's a raight cant body, and as clean--ye mught eat your porridge off th' house floor. They're sorely comed down. I wish William could get a job as gardener or summat i' that way; he understands gardening weel. He once lived wi' a Scotchman that tached him the mysteries o' that craft, as they say.
human
Now, then, you can go, Joe. You need not stand there staring at me.
gpt
Ye've no orders to give, sir?
human
None, but for you to take yourself off.