human
I snum! he emphatically observed.
gpt
Cardhaven folks seem bit with some kind o' bug. Talk 'bout curiosity! 'Hem! I dunno what Cap'n Am'zon'll think of 'em.
human
Likely it looks so to you, said Cap'n Abe.
gpt
They're pretty average funny I do guess to a stranger, as ye might say. But after you've summered 'em and wintered 'em for twenty-odd years like I have, land sakes! the humor's worn hi-mighty thin!
human
Do--do you mind tobacker smoke?
gpt
Daddy-prof is an inveterate,
human
Huh? An--an invet'rate _what_?
gpt
Smoker. I don't begrudge a man smoking tobacco as long as we women have our tea. A nerve tonic in both cases.
human
I dunno for sure that I've got any nerves, Cap'n Abe said, the corners of his eyes wrinkling.
gpt
Mebbe I was behind the door when they was given out. But a pipeful o' tobacker this time o' the evening _does_ seem sort o' satisfyin'. That, and knittin'.