human
Evenin', neighbour!
gpt
Good evening,
human
Goin' sparkin'?
gpt
What?
human
Be you goin' a-sparkin'?
gpt
Nonsense! said Marque, reddening.
human
I don't know any girls in Caranay.
gpt
Waal, I cal'late you know that gal down to the depot, don't ye?
human
No, I don't.
gpt
Hey? I'm a leetle deef.
human
No! shouted Marque,
gpt
I don't.
human
Don't what?
gpt
Don't know her, dammit!
human
Aw, quit yer cussin', said Si, with a gummy wink.
gpt
Folks has been talkin' ever since the fustest time you set onto that there platform and that Eden gal fooled ye with her lookin' glass.
human
What are you talking about?
gpt
Issy Eden and her pretendin' not to see nobody--an' her a lookin' into the leetle glass behind her table and a seein' of ye all the time! I know she kin see because she ketched Hi Orville's boy a-hookin' apples outen the bar'l that--
human
You mean she is able to see _anybody_ on the platform,
gpt
You bet she kin. I know because I peeked in the winder an' I seen her a-lookin' at you when you was fishin'----
human
All right, he interrupted;