human
You will find Miss Nicholson most efficient and amenable, she penned.
gpt
She has done remarkably well with your ward. I believe my husband expects to stay in your vicinity about a month and we have decided to make a holiday of it for Molly, so far as lessons are concerned. She can resume her studies on her return to New York. I regret exceedingly not being able to make your personal acquaintance. But, if ever you come east, we shall hope to see something of you.
human
I hope they ain't spiled the child, she said.
gpt
I wonder what's the matter with the Nicholson teacher woman?
human
What do you mean?
gpt
She says she's amenable. I ain't sure of the word, but I believe that means thin-blooded or underfed. My sister's niece by marriage was that way till they fed her cod-liver oil an' scraped beef. 'Pears to me as if all the companions an' governesses was that kind of folk. I suppose they hire out cheaper account of not bein' overstrong.
human
You can search me, answered Mormon.
gpt
Ask Sandy, he's browsin' through the dikshunary reg'lar these days. Gettin' so it's hard to sabe half he tells you.
human
Liable to make answer,
gpt
One of the snippy kind, back-talkin' an' peevish, said Miranda.
human
I can't bear 'em.
gpt
That's the legal meaning, said Sandy.
human
I reckon this is it--submissive.
gpt
Halter-broke. That's more likely. That's the kind that Keith party w'ud pick. I ain't ever seen her nor don't hope nor expect to, but that's the kind she'd pick. No backbone. Molly'll twist her round her little finger. Wonder how old she is?
human
The word you meant was anemic, Miss Mirandy, said Sandy, turning a leaf in the dictionary.
gpt
They sound about the same.
human
There's too many words anyway, she replied.
gpt
Folks don't use mo'n a hundredth part of 'em an' git along first-rate. I don't see why they print 'em. Miranda did not show to the best advantage during the rest of her visit. She snubbed Mormon severely when he offered to get water for her car.
human
I've fetched an' carried for myself long enough not to want to be waited on, she said.
gpt
An' I don't need water anyway.
human
Miranda Bailey, there's no fool like an old fool, she said aloud, with sage-brush and timid prairie dogs for audience.
gpt
What you want to do is to keep sweet. Now git on.
human
What do you suppose made her so cantankerous? Mormon inquired after she had driven round the corral.
gpt
Reckon you got her sore bawlin' her out about usin' the wrong word, Sandy. A woman's sensitive about them things.
human
Fo' a man who's had yore experience, you're deef, blind, dumb an' lost to all sense of touch or motion, he shouted.
gpt
Remember what I said about the stenographer? Mirandy's jealous of the Nicholson woman. Plumb jealous! You better wear blinders while she's here, Mormon. If she's a good-looker, Gawd help you! Mirandy won't.