human
Have we got so pore as all that, Mother?
gpt
I'm obleeged to own to the truth, answered the old lady dejectedly.
human
What with the wild varmints in the woods and one thing an' another, I'm about cleaned out of all the poultry I ever had. It's downright disheartenin'.
gpt
Well, then, asserted Grandpa Davis, with an unmirthful chuckle,
human
Why, Grandpa! cried Walter, in shocked surprise,
gpt
I never did hear you talk like that before.
human
Never had so much call to do it, mebbe,