human
This is a bonny day, Mrs Stirling.
gpt
Oh, ay, replied Nancy, drearily;
human
And a fine harvest we are getting, said the old man, again,--
gpt
Oh, ay; considering all things, the harvest's not so bad in some places, and in others it's just middling. It's not got in yet. We must wait awhile before we set ourselves up upon it.
human
It would ill become us to set ourselves up on that, or any other good gift of the Lord, said the old man, gravely;
gpt
Oh, well, I dare say I'm as thankful as my neighbours, though I say less about it, said Nancy, tartly.
human
I dare say there's many a poor body will need all they have, and more, before the winter's over.
gpt
You see you needn't mind what Mrs Stirling says, said Ellen, who with the children had listened to the conversation thus far.
human
She's always boding ill. It's her nature. She has had many things to make the world look dreary to her,--poor woman! Yonder is James Muir, one of our elders,--a good man, if ever there was one. He knew your father, and your grandfather too.