human
Old Alison, he thought,
gpt
I wish to speak an instant with one Alison Wilson, who resides here,
human
She's no at hame the day, answered Mrs. Wilson, /in propria persona/, the state of whose headdress, perhaps, inspired her with this direct mode of denying herself;
gpt
I beg pardon, said Morton, internally smiling at finding in old Ailie the same jealousy of disrespect which she used to exhibit upon former occasions,--
human
I beg pardon; I am but a stranger in this country, and have been so long abroad that I have almost forgotten my own language.
gpt
Did ye come frae foreign parts? said Ailie;
human
I have heard, said Morton,
gpt
Then bide a wee bit where ye are, friend; or stay,--gang round by the back o' the house, and ye'll find a laigh door; it's on the latch, for it's never barred till sunset. Ye 'll open 't,--and tak care ye dinna fa' ower the tub, for the entry's dark,--and then ye'll turn to the right, and then ye'll hand straught forward, and then ye'll turn to the right again, and ye 'll tak heed o' the cellarstairs, and then ye 'll be at the door o' the little kitchen,--it's a' the kitchen that's at Milnwood now,--and I'll come down t'ye, and whate'er ye wad say to Mistress Wilson ye may very safely tell it to me.