human
My awn, li'l clever woman, as have set about the fashioning of a bairn so soon! God bless 'e, an' bless 'e an' be gude to 'e, an' the wee thing coming!
gpt
You knaw best, Will, dearie; you nearly allus knaw best; but your heart's bigger 'n your pocket--an' a li'l child do call so loud for the spendin' o' money.
human
Aye, I knaw, I knaw; 'tis a parent's plaace to stand up for his offspring through fire an' water; an' I reckon I won't be the worst faither as ever was, either. I can mind the time when I was young myself. Stern but kind's the right rule. Us'll bring un up in the proper way, an' teach un to use his onderstandin' an' allus knuckle down 'fore his elders. To tell 'e truth, Phoebe, I've a notion I might train up a cheel better'n some men.
gpt
Yes, Will, I think so, tu. But 'tis food an' clothes an' li'l boots an' such-like comes first. A hunderd pounds be such a mort o' money.
human
Fifty wouldn't hardly do, p'r'aps?
gpt
Hardly. I like to carry a job through clean an' vitty while I'm on it.
human
You've got such a big spirit.
gpt
As to that, money so spent ban't lost--'tis all in the fam'ly.
human
Of course 'tis a gude advertisement for you. Folk'll think you'm prosperin' an' look up to you more.
gpt
Well, some might, though I doan't 'zactly mean it like that. Yet the putting out o' three figures o' money must make neighbours ope their eyes. Not that I want anybody to knaw either.