human
Ay, ay, that's it, said Baiting Joe, for the room was crowded with all sorts of people;
gpt
And what do _you_ know about it, Josy? demanded the widow, eagerly.
human
Cousin Job, this man may turn out a most important and considerable witness!
gpt
What do I know, Mrs. Martin? Why I seed the deacon sign for the seals, and exercute. As soon as I heard Squire Craft, who was down here from Riverhead on that 'ere very business, talk so much about seals, I know'd Captain Gar'ner must have suthin' to do with the matter. The deacon's very heart was in the schooner and her v'y'ge, and I think it was the craft that finished him, in the end.
human
Won't that set aside a codicil, cousin Job, if so be the deacon has r'ally codicilled off Captain Gar'ner and Mary?
gpt
We shall see, we shall see. So you was present, Josy, at the making of a will?
human
Sartain--and was a witness to the insterment, as the squire called it. I s'pose he sent for me to be a witness, as I am some acquainted with the sealin' business, having made two v'y'ges out of Stunnin'tun, many years since. Ay, ay; that's the insterment, and pretty well frightened was the deacon when he put his name to it, I can tell you!
gpt
Frightened! echoed the brother--
human
Can that be so, squire Job?
gpt
Yes, that's Latin, I s'pose, and good Latin, too, they tell me. A man may be dead in the flesh, but living in law.
human
La! how cur'ous! Law is a wonderful thing, to them that understands it.