human
That seems rather hard work, Dodge,
gpt
Ay, that it be, mum; this clay's that stiff! Lord! folks is almost as much trouble to them as buries as to them as bears 'em; it's all trouble together, to my thinkin'.
human
And when a man's not a troublin' o' some other body, he's a troublin' of hisself,
gpt
You are cursed with a clear-sightedness that must make life a burden to you,
human
Well, mum, I do sort o' see the bearin's o' things better nor most,
gpt
Some people, she said,
human
Yes'm, that's just it; folks goes on as if they was to live for ever, without no thought o' dyin'. As you was a sayin' jus' now, mum, there's them as contemflecs natural like, and there's them as is born without provocation----
gpt
Everlastingly! assented Mrs. Temperley with a sudden laugh.
human
You evidently, Dodge, are one of those who strive to read the riddle of this painful earth. Tell me what you think it is all about.
gpt
Well, mum, he said,
human
I s'pose it's the will o' th' Almighty as we is brought into the world, and I don't say nothin' agin it--'tisn't my place--but it do come over me powerful at times, wen I sees all the vexin' as folks has to go through, as God A'mighty might 'a found somethin' better to do with His time; not as I wants to find no fault with His ways, which is past finding out,