human
Well, young man, what's wanted?
gpt
I--I--want to see ANN BRUMMET,
human
Oh, you _do_, do you? rejoined Mrs. BACKUP, regally;
gpt
A young lady that I was--a--to meet here,
human
A young lady you was to _meet_ here. _In_-deed. And do you think, young man, that _my_ house is a place where young chaps can go a-roystorin' and a-gallivinatin' about, and a meetin' young women?
gpt
But I don't want to go oysterin', said ARCHIBALD,
human
Oh, to _tell_ her something, is it? Well, I'd have _no_ objections, young man, if you _said_ she was your wife. _Then_ you'd have a right, but not now, for my cha-_rac_ter is precious to me, young man.
gpt
But she ain't my wife, said ARCHIBALD;
human
I only--kind of know her, you see.
gpt
Drat the man, said Mrs. BACKUP to herself;
human
she cried to a seedy-looking, pimply man, who was sucking a forlorn-looking pipe on the back-door step,