human
This, said McQuade, settling himself behind a huge pan of wax,
gpt
But, he concluded,
human
Hear him! his wife retorted.
gpt
And if I dared to have as much as one live tree of these groves cut down he'd go crazy. I think he's a heathen pagan. I think he comes up in the summer to worship in the groves like the old people did in the Bible.
human
They were high thinkin' people, I take it, said McQuade, ready for contention.
gpt
But the times were against them.
human
I wonder, said Fan McQuade slyly.
gpt
Or were they leaving behind a good hard job of haying or something when they ran off up into the groves for their sacrifices?
human
That's right! complained McQuade.
gpt
Go on and tell all the neighbors about me and disgrace me! These two young people don't think bad enough about me. The first time they laid eyes on me they thought I was a bank robber, at the very politest.