human
Well, this is really pleasant to listen to! And how did this vagabones, as you call him, end?
gpt
Why, he was sent away from home, when they couldn't stand him any longer; and the last we heard of him was that he was in State Prison for life.
human
Well, for cool, innate impudence, and straight-forward bluntness, I'll back you against the world, my good youth,
gpt
And the young lady who lived there, what became of her?
human
There wasn't never no young lady, said the lad;
gpt
Well, I am sorry my friends have turned out so badly. How about the others, now; Judge Lawless and his family, for instance; Admiral Havenful, Mr. and Miss Toosypegs, and the rest?
human
They're all hanging together! Mr. Toosypegs is going to get married and take in sewing for a living; and Miss Priscilla goes round making vinegar.
gpt
Making what?
human
Vinegar, said the lad, gravely.
gpt
The grocers gets her to look into barrels of water, when they turns into vinegar 'mediately.
human
I shouldn't wonder, said the gentleman, laughing;
gpt
Oh, she's all right. Don't expect she'll be Miss Lawless, though, much longer,
human
No? why? how? what do you mean?
gpt
See here, square, you'll skeer the hoss if you keep on like this. If you're subjick to 'tacks of this kind you ought for to have told me before we started, and not 'larm the hoss,
human
Tell me what you mean by that? Speak!
gpt
By what? skeering the hoss?
human
No, about Miss Lawless,
gpt
Oh! Well, I have hearn tell she was goin' to be married. Likely as not she is too; got lots of beaux.
human
Did you hear who she was to be married to?
gpt
No, marm; nobody never can tell what she'll do; likely as not she'll get married to the one nobody expects her to marry. She always was the contrariest young woman always that ever was,