human
Oh, don't I, answered Mrs. Scott.
gpt
It's a pity you can't come in, Missy. There, Danny, keep quiet; the little lady ain't no time to be a-visiting of you. That's him calling out, Missy; you wait a minute, and I'll find out what he wants.
human
Quiet, darling; quiet, pet,
gpt
Dan's obligated for the apples, Miss, but he thinks a sight more of a talk with you than of any apples that ever growed. He 'opes you'll come another day.
human
I wish, I do wish I could come in now, said Sibyl wistfully;
gpt
Oh, that, answered Mrs. Scott,
human
But I'd like to. I hate hearing things without understanding. What is a curse, Mrs. Scott?
gpt
There are all sorts, replied Mrs. Scott.
human
Once I knowed a man, and he had a curse on him, and he dwindled and dwindled, and got smaller and thinner and poorer, until nothing would nourish him, no food nor drink nor nothing, and he shrunk up ter'ble until he died. It's my belief he haunts the churchyard now. No one likes to go there in the evening. The name of the man was Micah Sorrel. He was the most ter'ble example of a curse I ever comed acrost in my life.
gpt
Well, I really must be going now, said Sibyl with a little shiver.
human
Good-by; tell Dan I'll try hard to come and see him to-morrow.
gpt
She's a gloomy sort, thought the child,