human
Well, Sally, he said, laughing lightly,
gpt
Tied up?
human
Tied up, he repeated.
gpt
There's little doubt about it. No milkman. He waved his hand.
human
And there'll be no grocer and no anybody else. You'll see. No butcher--meat man--we don't have butchers, now. Just think of that, Sally. No meat until spring. How will you like that? We should have been keeping chickens and pigs and we ought to have cows and a calf or two. Then I would take my axe in my hand and my knife and I would sally out to the barn. You would hear sounds of murder and we should have fresh meat. Fresh meat!
gpt
And no trains, he added meditatively.
human
I haven't heard a train this morning and I don't expect to.
gpt
Well, said Sally,
human
Ah, true, he replied in the same meditative tone.
gpt
Very just, Sally. I don't have to take them, and what do I care? What do I? Answer, nothing.