human
We can tell early what sort of a day it's goin' to be, she said eagerly.
gpt
There ain't a cloud in the sky now. I'll stop for you as I come along, or if there should be anything unforeseen to detain me, I'll send you word. I don't expect you'd want to go if it wa'n't so that I could?
human
Oh my sakes, no! answered Miss Pickett discreetly, with a timid flush.
gpt
You feel certain that Mis' Timms won't be put out? I shouldn't feel free to go unless I went 'long o' you.
human
Why, nothin' could be plainer than her words, said Mrs. Flagg in a tone of reproval.
gpt
You saw how she urged me, an' had over all that talk about how we used to see each other often when we both lived to Longport, and told how she'd been thinkin' of writin', and askin' if it wa'n't so I should be able to come over and stop three or four days as soon as settled weather come, because she couldn't make no fire in her best chamber on account of the chimbley smokin' if the wind wa'n't just right. You see how she felt toward me, kissin' of me comin' and goin'? Why, she even asked me who I employed to do over my bonnet, Miss Pickett, just as interested as if she was a sister; an' she remarked she should look for us any pleasant day after we all got home, an' were settled after the conference.
human
An' she seemed just about as much gratified to meet with you again. She seemed to desire to meet you again very particular, continued Mrs. Flagg.
gpt
She really urged us to come together an' have a real good day talkin' over old times--there, don't le' 's go all over it again! I've always heard she'd made that old house of her aunt Bascoms' where she lives look real handsome. I once heard her best parlor carpet described as being an elegant carpet, different from any there was round here. Why, nobody couldn't be more cordial, Miss Pickett; you ain't goin' to give out just at the last?
human
Oh, no! answered the visitor hastily;
gpt
Why, I don't think nothin' of it, said Mrs. Flagg proudly.
human
We shall have a grand good time, goin' together an' all, I feel sure.