human
Here, young feller, you go loving where you're wanted. I've been waiting for this too many years to be cheated out by a young rascal like you.
gpt
Clemmie, ain't this grand?
human
It's really been you all these years, Josiah.
gpt
Been me? You mean you've loved me all the time, Clemmie?
human
Um-hm, she nodded vigorously.
gpt
But I was that stubborn that I wouldn't give in. I always looked forward to your proposing. You ain't proposed to me for a long time, Josiah.
human
But, Clemmie, are you sartin sure it'll be all right now? If you get your rest, are you sartin you won't feel different? Don't you think you'd otter wait?
gpt
Josiah, ask me right now, so I can't back out, or get on another stubborn streak. I thought it all out 'longside Edna's bed last night. She was raving, and calling for some one, poor thing, who she'd refused to marry when she was young. I said then and there that I wasn't going to my grave with that kind of thing hanging over me. That is, if you ever asked me again.
human
You say you made up your mind last night, Clemmie? You sure it wa'n't what I told you about Adoniah being married?
gpt
That had nothing to do with my decision.
human
Then, you mean we're going to get married?
gpt
You ain't asked me yet.
human
Miss Clemmie Pipkin, he began, bending his knees in the direction of the floor, and upsetting the table as he went down with a thud,
gpt
Lan' sakes! Get up off that floor. You look awful silly. Get up this minute, or I'll say no.
human
Will you marry me, honest, Clemmie?
gpt
Yes. You see, I kind of wanted to hear myself say it, because I'd made up my mind that way.