human
I'll tell ye what's my opinion now, boys, in regard to settlin' down, said Bounce, who, having filled and lighted his pipe, now found himself in a position to state his views comfortably.
gpt
Ye see, settlin' down may, in a gin'ral way, be said to be nonsense. In pint o' fact, there ain't no sich a thing as settlin' down. When a feller sits down, why, in a short bit, he's bound to rise up agin, and when he goes to bed, he means for to get up next mornin'. (Here Bounce paused, drew several whiffs, and rammed down the tobacco in his pipe with the end of his little finger.)
human
Then, when a feller locates in a place, he's sure for to be movin' about, more or less, as long as he's got a leg to stand on. Now, what I say is, that when a man comes to talk o' settlin' down, he's losin' heart for a wanderin' life among all the beautiful things o' creation; an' when a man loses heart for the beautiful things o' creation, he'll soon settle down for good and all. He's in a bad way, he is, and oughtn't to encourage hisself in sich feelin's. I b'lieve that to be the feelosophy o' the whole affair, and I don't b'lieve that nobody o' common edication--I don't mean school edication, but backwoods edication--would go for to think otherwise. Wot say you, Waller?
gpt
Sartinly not,
human
I'm with you in heart, lad, though not quite clear in my mind; but it's all right, I'm quite sartin.
gpt
Well, then, resumed Bounce, turning to Redhand,