human
Marthy and Mis' Chellis that you saw to-day was always the best of friends; they was girls together, said Mr. Haydon, swaying his whip-lash.
gpt
They was second cousins on the father's side.
human
Don't you expect Mis' Chellis'd like to come an' take tea with you some afternoon? I always feel as if 't would be sad for you, such an occasion, but I'll have everything real nice. Folks seem to be paying her a good deal of attention,
gpt
And when anybody has been away a good while, they like to go all round and see all the places that's familiar, if they do feel the changes.
human
Yes, I guess we'd better invite her to spend the afternoon,
gpt
Have you got everything you want to do with?
human
Certain, answered Maria, with satisfaction.
gpt
I never was acquainted with such a good provider as you be in all the houses I've ever stopped in; I can say that. You've remembered a number o' things this past week that I should have forgot myself. I've seen what other women folks has to go through with, being obliged to screw every way an' make up things out o' nothing, afraid to say the flour's gone or the sugar's out. Them very husbands is the ones that'll find most fault if their tables ain't spread with what they want. I know now what made your wife always look so pleased an' contented.
human
She was very saving an' judicious by natur', said Mr. Haydon, as if he did not wish to take so much praise entirely to himself.
gpt
I call you a very saving woman too, Maria,