human
Oh, Nellen, Nellen! she moaned.
gpt
It's you! I thought you had deserted me, too!
human
Sho! What would I want to do that for? Don't be silly--Look out! There now, if you haven't gone and upset the coffee all over them fancy sheets! Coffee's hard to get out, too. That's what comes of havin' your vittles in bedrooms, where they don't belong.
gpt
No matter! Plenty more where they come from, Nellen. What is a lace-trimmed sheet to my new mamma? I expect the very dishcloths are hand-embroidered. Behold the abode of cash, Ellen, cash! Isn't it grand? Oh, she cried, her voice breaking,
human
I didn't know you was here, child, till I come this morning to see when him and her was expectin' you.
gpt
Why, Ellen! Aren't you living here?
human
Me? In this house? I wouldn't so demean myself,
gpt
Do you mean to say --Joan's cheeks were hot--
human
she added conscientiously,
gpt
And where do you live?
human
Some day when you're good and sick of all this fancy flubdubbery (she indicated with a disparaging hand the elegancies of the blue chamber)
gpt
Ellen! _Our_ furniture!
human
Some of it. As much as I could git. I'm keepin' it for you till you git a home of your own to put it in, Joie. I sort of thought your ma would want me to.