human
Pete Domley will pay for the seed, Joe. Barbara and I can help with the planting.
gpt
Emma, he said, and his lips felt dry and tight with the effort to control himself.
human
Emma, there's free land for the taking in the west.
gpt
That's a dream, Joe. A bright dream.
human
It's not a dream, he said.
gpt
It's real land, and real people are going out there to live on it.
human
We can't do it, she said.
gpt
Don't you see we can't do it? We've got six children to think about.
human
Other people are doing it with children,
gpt
You can't make me do it! she said wildly.
human
I'm not going to leave this house--not ever. We'll make out somehow. If need be, Pete Domley will take you on for a year--he owes you that after what happened.
gpt
I'm not going to be a hired man again, do you hear! I finished with that, and I'm not going back to it!