human
Whatever _is_ the matter, grandfather?
gpt
Matter? said old Joe.
human
Nothing's the matter. You don't understand the ways of young 'uns, nor their methods neither. When youth chuckles, it's a sign of good spirits and healthy. If you _must_ know, I was thinking we might have a picnic--just like we used to have sixty years back--
gpt
Ah! that _would_ be nice,
human
Not _you_, said old Joe.
gpt
No young 'uns in it--they're too slow. No; I and Georgie Worble, and his aunt Susan, and her mother, and--
human
Why, said Kate,
gpt
Mr. Worble hasn't walked from one room to another without assistance for--
human
I know--seven years, said old Joe,
gpt
Dance!
human
Ah--we'll have a dance, of course--we _used_ to have a dance always; finished up with a dance. I've been thinking--and I don't mind telling you--that this imagination and fudge is making us all old before our time; and I'm not going to stand any more of it, and that's all about it.