human
What put that idea in your head, Mrs. Goodlett?
gpt
Well, I allowed that when you was countin' out your cash, a thrip or two mought have slipped through the cracks in the floor, she replied;
human
It sha'n't cost you a cent ef you'll come in. Ab'll be here purty soon ef somebody ain't been fool enough to give him his dinner. His health'll fail him long before his appetite does. Show Mr. Tomlin in the parlour, Gabriel, an' I'll see about Ab's dinner; I don't want it to burn to a cracklin' before he gits it.
gpt
Oh, take a seat, he said, with a show of impatience.
human
What are you doing for yourself, Tolliver? You're a big boy now, and you ought to be making good money. We'll all have to work now: we'll have to buckle right down to it. The way I look at it, the man who is doing nothing is throwing money away; yes, sir, throwing it away. What does Adam Smith say? Why, he says----
gpt
Si Tomlin in there, Gabriel? Well, fetch him out here whar I live at. I ain't got no parlours for company. By the time that Gabriel had led Mr. Silas Tomlin into the dining-room, Mr. Goodlett had a plate of victuals carrying it to the kitchen; and he remarked as he went along,
human
I got nuther parlours nor dinin'-rooms: fetch him out here to the kitchen whar we both b'long at.