human
Where was you calc'latin' to go, missy?
gpt
Oh, nowhere, Augusta confessed.
human
My husband--
gpt
Then you're right there. You don't need to go another step. This is nowhere. The last place you stopped at was next to nowhere, and Smedley, here, is it itself, he grumbled, without any ill humor.
human
I been waitin' here forty year for that road to go somewhere. But it aint gone and it aint goin', not so it appears. There aint no place for it to go to. That bacon's been around here a good while, too, he interpolated thoughtfully.
gpt
But the soap's prime--staple as old cheese. No sir, there aint no other place beyond this. This is nowhere. When you get here you have to stay or go back.
human
But people do stay here, said Augusta a little thoughtfully,
gpt
Of course they do, he admitted.
human
What else is there for 'em to do. There's no doctors here, so they can't get sick. And there's no preachers to make 'em think about dyin'. So they just hang 'round.
gpt
But it seems a nice place to stay around in,