human
You didn't expect to find me roosting around out here, did you? the irrepressible Major asked, as he shook Gabriel warmly by the hand.
gpt
Well, I fully expected to find you. Your grandmother told me an hour ago that I'd find you mooning about on the hills back there. I didn't find you because I didn't care to go about bawling your name; so I came around by the road. I was loafing around here when you came up, and I knew it was you, as soon as I heard you slipping up that tree. But that hill business, and the mooning--how about them? You're in love, I reckon. Well, I don't blame you. She's a fine gal, ain't she?
human
Who?
gpt
Who! cried Major Perdue, mockingly.
human
Why, there's but one gal in the Dale. You know that as well as I do. She never has had her match, and she'll never have one. And it's funny, too; no matter which way you spell her first name, backwards or forwards, it spells the same. Did you ever think of that, Tolliver? But for Vallic--you know my daughter, don't you?--I never would have found it out in the world.