human
Malviny is a-goin' to freeze to-night!
gpt
Who is Malviny?
human
She is my wife.
gpt
Well, you good-for-nothin' snipe you, instead of traipsin' all over the neighborhood tellin' of your wife's state, why hain't you to home buildin' a fire and heatin' soap stuns and bricks, and steepin' pepper tea?
human
What for?
gpt
Why, to keep Malviny from freezin'.
human
I don't want to stop it,
gpt
Do you want your wife to freeze?
human
Yes,
gpt
Are such things goin' on here in a place so good that folks can't git a letter Sundays to save their lives, or embark to see their friends if they're dyin' or dead; is such a place, I groaned,
human
What harm is there in Malviny's freezin'?
gpt
You heartless wretch, you! if I wuz a man I'd shake some of the wickedness out of you, if I had to be shot up the minute afterwards!
human
What harm is there in freezin' ice-cream?
gpt
Is that what Malviny's freezin'?
human
Yes,
gpt
I bring it round to the cottages every time Malviny freezes; they give me their orders if they want any.
human
Well, sez I in a faint voice,
gpt
I don't want any.