human
Yes, as I was sayin', Nellie, remarked Peggy, in her soft voice, after a brief pause, during which a variety of weak little expressions crossed her pretty face,
gpt
I never could abide the sea. It always makes me sick, an' when it doesn't make me sick, it makes me nervish. Not that I'm given to bein' nervish; an', if I was, it wouldn't matter much, for the sea would take it out o' me, whether or not. That's always the way--if it's not one thing, it's sure to be another. Don't you think so, Nellie? My John says 'e thinks so--though it isn't to be thought much of what _'e_ says, dear man, for 'e's got a way of sayin' things when 'e don't mean 'em--you understand?
human
Well, I don't quite understand, answered Mrs Massey, cutting in at this point with a laugh,
gpt
Perhaps you're right, Nellie, rejoined Mrs Mitford, with a mild nod of assent;
human
I've sometimes thought on these things when I've 'ad one o' my sick 'eadaches, which prevents me from thinkin' altogether, almost; an', bless you, you'd wonder what strange idears comes over me at such times. Did you ever try to think things with a sick 'eadache, Nellie?