human
How many times do I have to tell you, Phin Striker, not to come in this here kitchen without wipin' your feet? Might as well be the barn, fer as you're concerned. Go out an' scrape that mud offen your boots.
gpt
Sometimes, I fear, poor Phineas finds matrimony very trying,
human
How are you two gettin' along? she inquired, looking from one to the other keenly.
gpt
I thought Phin was in here amusin' you the whole time with lies about him an' Dan'l Boone. He used to hunt with old Dan'l when he was a boy, an' if ever'thing happened to them two fellers that he sez happened, why, Phin'd have to be nearly two hundred years old by now an' there wouldn't be a live animal or Indian between here an' the Gulf of Mexico. She seemed a little uneasy.
human
I hope you two made out all right.
gpt
We have had a most agreeable chat, Eliza. Are you through in the kitchen? If you are, would you mind coming into the bedroom with me? I want you to see the other dress on me, and besides I have a good many things I wish to talk over with you. Good night, she said to Gwynne.
human
No doubt we shall meet again.
gpt
Am I not to see you in the new dress? he cried, visibly disappointed.
human
Surely you are not going to deny me the joy of beholding you in--
gpt
Pray save up some of your compliments against the day when you behold me in my sombre black, for I shall need them then. Again, good night.
human
Good night,