human
Was she well?
gpt
Yes; but she had lost her rosy cheeks, and was not so blithe as when she first came to the porched-house.
human
Did her husband treat her ill?
gpt
Na, na; he petted her like a spoilt child; yet she never seemed happy, or contented like.
human
What made her unhappy then?
gpt
He could na just tell--women were queer creturs. Mayhap it was being an old man's wife that fretted her, and that was but natural, seeing that a pretty young thing like her might have got a husband nearer her own age, which, for sartain, would ha' been more to her taste.
human
Was she likely to have any family?
gpt
No signs o' the like. It had na pleased the Lord to multiply Noah's seed upon the earth.
human
Was he stingy?
gpt
Na, na; they had allers plenty to eat. He was a kind measter, an' good pay. There was only their two selves, and Mrs. Cotton was dressed like a lady, and had everything brave and new about her; but she looked mortal pale and thin, an' he b'lieved that she was in the consumption.
human
She was always discontented with her lot, she remarked,