human
Well, my gracious! Ef yonder ain't old Picayune Pauper! I wonder what we have done out this way that old Picayune should be sneakin' around here? I'll tell you what--ef Ab has borried arry thrip from old Silas Tomlin, I'll quit him; I won't live wi' a man that'll have anything to do wi' that old scamp. As I'm a livin' human, he's comin' here!
gpt
I'll go see ef Johnny is in the house, said Mrs. Absalom.
human
Johnny was Mrs. Dorrington, who, in turn, called Mrs. Absalom
gpt
Nonny, which was Nan's pet name for the woman who had raised her--
human
I'll go see, but I lay she's gone to see Nan; I never before seed a step-mammy so wropped up in her husband's daughter.
gpt
I reckon you'll have to go to the door, Gabe, said Mrs. Absalom, as the knocker sounded.
human
Sence freedom, we ain't got as many niggers lazyin' around an' doin' nothin' as we use to have.
gpt
Is Mr. Goodlett in?
human
I think he's in Malvern,
gpt
No, no, no! exclaimed Silas Tomlin, with a terrible frown;
human
Well, ef he did, said Mrs. Absalom, coming forward,
gpt
How are you, Mrs. Absalom?--how are you? said Silas, with a tremendous effort at politeness.
human
I hope you are well; you are certainly looking well. You say your husband is not in? Well, I'm sorry; I wanted to see him on business; I wanted to get some information.
gpt
Ab don't owe you anything, I hope,
human
Not a thing--not a thing in the world. But why do you ask? Many people have the idea that I'm rolling in money--that's what I hear--and they think that I go about loaning it to Tom, Dick and Harry. But it is not so--it is not so; I have no money.
gpt
I reckon if your son Paul was to scratch about under the house, he'd find small change about in places.