human
Ah! it's you, Missy, at last, she said, and she trotted down as well as her lameness would let her to the gate.
gpt
Has you brought the apples? she cried.
human
You are very late, Missy. Oh, I'm obligated, of course, and I thank you heartily, Miss. Will you wait for the basket, or shall I send it by Scott to-morrow?
gpt
You can send it to-morrow, please,
human
And you ain't a-coming in? The lad's expecting you.
gpt
I am afraid I cannot, not to-night. Mother wasn't able to come with me. Tell Dan that I brought him his apples, and I'll come and see him to-morrow if I possibly can. Tell him I won't make him an out-and-out promise, 'cos if you make a promise to the poor and don't keep it, Lord Jesus is angry, and you get cursed. I don't quite know what cursed means, do you, Mrs. Scott?