human
Plague it all! sez he, as it would flop up and down in front of his eyes and blind him,
gpt
Why didn't you buy a megum-sized one? Why do you always go to extremes?
human
To please you! he hollered out from under his blinders.
gpt
Jest to please you, mom!
human
Josiah Allen, you know you did it for fashion, so why lay it off onto me? But, sez I,
gpt
Keep still! sez he,
human
I don't see any prospect of my doin' anything else when I can't see an inch from my nose.
gpt
Well, sez I,
human
I won't wear a veil! sez he stoutly.
gpt
No, Samantha, no money will make me rig up like a female woman right here in a fashionable summer resort, before everybody. How would a man look with a veil droopin' down and drapin' his face?
human
Well, sez I,