human
There's our Sammy, said Prudy, dolefully,
gpt
Acorns! responded Dotty, in a tragic tone.
human
O, Mr. Carter, I _sejest_ the best thing we can do is to stand him up in the sink, and pump water on him!
gpt
I never thought of that, my dear wife! You are prob'bly correct!--prob'bly correct.--But what course _shall_ we pursue with Mary Ann, and Julia Ann, and Anna Maria? They all bite their finger nails--bite 'em down to the double-quick.
human
I would sejest, sejest--why don't you give those children some _proxitude_ of iron, my dear--through a knitting-needle? Hark! continued she, as Prudy scratched the top of the tent with her forefinger.
gpt
There's a mouse in this house, Mr. Carter: you must set a trap as quick as you can spring!
human
Very correct, replied the obedient husband,
gpt
What do you mean by Jerusha, Mr. Carter? We haven't any in the house.
human
O, she is our chambermaid, my dear.
gpt
But I won't '_low_ her to be Jerusher, Mr. Carter!
human
But, my dear wife, Jerusha is a proper name; it belongs to her.
gpt
No, it isn't a proper name either; it's a very _improper_ name, Prudy Parlin; and if you call her Jerusher so, I'll get us both _dis-vosed_!