human
And what do you intend to do?
gpt
It's goin' to town I am, where there's work to be got, as well as good schoolin' for the b'ys.
human
But don't you think that seven boys are almost more than one little woman can support? Hadn't you better put some of them out--for a time?
gpt
But town is a bad place for boys, I'm told,
human
Not for mine, answered the widow quietly.
gpt
They're their father's b'ys, an' I can depind on 'em. They moind me loightest word. Come here, Pat, an' Moike, an' Andy, an' Jim, an' Barney, an' Tommie!
human
Can't I depind on ye, b'ys?
gpt
Yes, mother, course you can,
human
It's all settled. A-Saturday I goes to town to get a place. A-Monday we moves.