human
It ain't far, the woman told him,
gpt
Can I get anyone to drive me back there?
human
Oh, yes; Abner will drive you over fer a couple of dollars.
gpt
All right. No need uv speaking so loud. I kin hear ye, Jack could hear the deaf man shouting back.
human
I kin hear ye.
gpt
Just think, said the woman when she came back into the kitchen, where Jack had eaten,
human
Abner won't admit he's deef one bit. At church on Sundays he listens to the sermon just as if he understood it. If anyone asks him what it was about, he'll tell 'um that he doesn't care to discuss the new minister, but he's not such a powerful exhorter as the old one. He's mighty artful, is Abner.
gpt
Gracious, I'll have no lungs left if I have to shout this way all the way home, thought Jack.
human
It'll be Husky Bay. If ever I drive with Abner again, I'll bring along some cough lozenges.
gpt
Must be pretty tough to be really, down-right deef,
human
It must be,
gpt
Yes, sir-ee, rejoined Abner, wagging his head.
human
I'm just a trifle that er-way, and it bothers me quite a bit sometimes, 'specially in damp weather. Gid-ap!