human
I think I've hit it, Bessy, said Mr. Tulliver, after a short silence.
gpt
Riley's as likely a man as any to know o' some school; he's had schooling himself, an' goes about to all sorts o' places--auctioneering and vallyin' and that. I want Tom to be such a sort o' man as Riley, you know--as can talk pretty nigh as well as if it was all wrote out for him, and a good solid knowledge o' business too.
human
Well, said Mrs. Tulliver,
gpt
No, no, said Mr. Tulliver;
human
I've no thoughts of his going to Mudport: I mean him to set up his office at St. Ogg's, close by us, an' live at home. I doubt Tom's a bit slowish. He takes after your family, Bessy.
gpt
Yes, that he does, said Mrs. Tulliver;
human
It seems a bit of a pity, though, said Mr. Tulliver,
gpt
Yes, Mr. Tulliver, and it all runs to naughtiness. How to keep her in a clean pinafore two hours together passes my cunning. An' now you put me i' mind, continued Mrs. Tulliver, rising and going to the window,
human
I don't know where she is now, an' it's pretty nigh tea-time. Ah, I thought so--there she is, wanderin' up an' down by the water, like a wild thing. She'll tumble in some day.
gpt
You talk o' 'cuteness, Mr. Tulliver, she said as she sat down;
human
Pooh, nonsense! said Mr. Tulliver.
gpt
She's a straight, black-eyed wench as anybody need wish to see; and she can read almost as well as the parson.
human
But her hair won't curl, all I can do with it, and she's so franzy about having it put i' paper, and I've such work as never was to make her stand and have it pinched with th' irons.
gpt
Cut it off--cut it off short,
human
How can you talk so, Mr. Tulliver? She's too big a gell--gone nine, and tall of her age--to have her hair cut short.--Maggie, Maggie, continued the mother, as the child herself entered the room,