human
The new minister's a dozen years younger than she; must be all o' that, said the Captain, collecting himself.
gpt
I called him quite a young-lookin' man when he preached for us as a candidate. Sing'lar he shouldn't be a married man. Generally they be.
human
You ain't the right one to make reflections, joked Captain Crowe, mindful that Maria Lunn had gone so far that very day as to compliment him upon owning the handsomest old place in town.
gpt
I used to think you was a great beau among the ladies, Witherspoon.
human
I never expected to die a single man,
gpt
You're gettin' along in years, urged Captain Crowe.
human
You're gettin' to where it's dangerous; a good-hearted elderly man's liable to be snapped up by somebody he don't want. They say an old man ought to be married, but he shouldn't get married. I don't know but it's so.
gpt
I've put away my thoughts o' youth long since, said the little captain nobly.
human
Though I ain't so old, sir, but what I've got some years before me yet, unless I meet with accident; an' I'm so situated that I never yet had to take anybody that I didn't want. But I do often feel that there's somethin' to be said for the affections, an' I get to feelin' lonesome winter nights, thinkin' that age is before me, an' if I should get hove on to a sick an' dyin' bed
gpt
Come, come! he said,