human
Ay, Tom, she said.
gpt
Tha'rt too good to throw thyself away on the goody-goody Alice Lister sort. Tha'rt too much of a man for that, else I should never have got so fond of thee.
human
Art'a really fond of me, Polly?
gpt
I'm not goin' to say any more, replied the girl. And then she laughed.
human
I was thinkin' that after we'd been to Scott's Park you might come back to tea. I don't believe father and mother would mind. Father wur sayin' only this morning that you'd got brains. You took three prizes at the Mechanics' Institute last winter, and he said that if you got manufacturing on your own, you'd make brass.
gpt
Did he say that?
human
Ay, he did, only this morning.
gpt
But I have no capital,
human
Father's saved money, replied Polly eagerly.
gpt
The Thorn and Thistle's a good house and we have good company; and if father liked a lad, especially if I recommended him, he could easily find money to start a small mill. But there, I suppose you are only thinking of Alice Lister.
human
Well, I must be goin' now.
gpt
Ay, but you'll come back this evening, won't you, Tom? Jim Dixon's coming to tea, and if you're not here, and he wur to ask me to go out for a walk with him tonight, I shouldn't have any excuse for refusing.