human
Happy as birds, they be, said Chris, referring to the young pair at Newtake.
gpt
It do make me long for us to be man an' wife, Clem, when I see 'em.
human
We're that now, save for the hocus-pocus of the parsons you set such store by.
gpt
No, I'll never believe it makes no difference.
human
A cumbrous, stupid, human contrivance like marriage! Was ever man and woman happier for being bound that way? Can free things feel their hearts beat closer because they are chained to one another by an effete dogma?
gpt
I doan't onderstand all that talk, sweetheart, an' you knaw I don't; but till some wise body invents a better-fashion way of joining man an' maid than marriage, us must taake it as 'tis.
human
There is a better way--Nature's.
gpt
If us could dwell in a hole at a tree-root, an' eat roots an' berries; but we'm thinking creatures in a Christian land.