human
Sure, then, Miss Winifred, we might go the night with Barney to bring home some of the sods of peat. Barney will be havin' the cart out, an' we may as well have the drive,
gpt
Yes, I think I will go, said Winifred,
human
To be sure, we can, miss, assented Moira; adding the information that
gpt
Barney got a power of fine fish the day, an' he sold it all at Powerscourt, barrin' one big trout that's for yourself, Miss Winifred. An' the gentry over there gave him two shillin's, but he's puttin' them by to take him to Ameriky.
human
Every one has a craze for America, said Winifred's clear voice.
gpt
Even _I_ am going there some day.
human
Musha, then, an' I hope you'll take me with you! cried Moira, coaxingly;
gpt
We'll see when the time comes, declared Winifred.
human
I might take you--that depends. But you'd better not say anything about it; for perhaps if people got talking we mightn't go at all.
gpt
I'll be as secret as--as the priest himself in the confessional! promised Moira.
human
An' that's secret enough. But I can't help wonderin' what it would be like out there?
gpt
It's a splendid place they say, with mountains and rivers,
human
Sure an' we have enough of them ourselves, with no disrespect to them that tould you,
gpt
In America they are different, said Winifred, grandly.
human
And, then, there are great forests--
gpt
With deer and Indians in them.
human
I'm afeard of Indians, commented Moira promptly.
gpt
I read a terrible story about them once in a book that Father Owen gave me.
human
Oh, well, we shan't be very near them if we go! explained Winifred.
gpt
And it would be very fine to see them at a distance.
human
I'd rather not see them at all, if it's the same to you, miss,
gpt
The deer, then, and the buffaloes and all the wild animals, and grand cities, with shops full of toys and dresses and beautiful things.
human
Oh, it's the cities I'd like to be seein', with shops! cried Moira.
gpt
We'll keep away from the hills and streams, Miss Winifred asthore, havin' them galore in our own country. An' we'll keep away from the forests, for fear it's the wild Indians we'd be comin' across.
human
Oh, it's to the cities I must go! said Winifred.
gpt
But I don't know what a city is like, Moira. I can't make a picture of it to my eye. It is a big place, crowded with people, all hurrying by in a stream; and the shops--
human
I seen a shop once! exclaimed Moira.
gpt
There was things in the window. It was a thread-an'-needle shop, I think.
human
There are all kinds in big cities, said Winifred;
gpt
D'ye hear that now, ma'am? or,
human
The Lord love her, poor innocent!