human
as they said,
gpt
What!
human
What?--what --repeated Mrs. Bird,
gpt
continued Mrs. Bird, putting down each word in a measured way by striking her fist on the table--
human
How--you--do--talk! ejaculated Mrs. Beagle, her eyes half started from her head.
gpt
I'd thought just as much, but dare not say so.
human
Darsen't! darsen't! popped Mrs. Bird,
gpt
Well, thank the Lord, _I_ dare; I'll pull down the whole Longbow nest around her ears; I'll complain to the town officers; I'll have her taken up, and then let her show her hand; to think that the child of that dear, good woman we lov'd so much, should be starved! And that ain't all: old Longbow is one of the most miserablest men livin'; he don't have a minute's peace day _nor_ night; he rolls and tumbles, and talks to himself--thinks, in his dreams, that his former wife is back agin, and he talks to her jest as if she was; he hain't had a full meal for a mouth. She is the _stin_giest of all mortals! She liv'd on nothin' afore she was married--why she counts the very coffee kernels she uses--she allers was afraid of goin' to the poor-house--pity she hadn't-er gone--but la-sa-me, you can't get one of the Longbows to say a word about it--they are as whist as mice--fairly caught--less said the better, you know--they are so everlastin' etarnal proud, the hull pack on 'em would die before they'd let anything out--but they can't deceive Mrs. Bird--murder will out--starve a child!
human
She had thought for a long time, she said,
gpt
Depend upon't, said the old lady,