human
Pretty spry for an old boy,
gpt
Oh, he's Southern, returned Amidon, easily.
human
That is why. Catch a Yankee his age with joints as limber. The cold winters here stiffen folk up quick after they get middle-aged.
gpt
You don't seem very stiff in the joints, said Drake, jocularly.
human
Guess you are near as old as that man.
gpt
I'm a right smart stiffer than I'd been ef I'd stayed South,