human
Oh, I am sure I never meant----!
gpt
Them things had much best not be talked of, said Mrs. Tozer, sharply.
human
Mr. Beecher is coming in to have a bit of dinner. You mightn't have things comfortable where you are, the minister being away, and you used to your own house. Won't you come in with us and eat a bit of dinner? I never can swallow a morsel when I'm by myself. It's lonesome for you in them rooms, and us so near. There ain't no ceremony nor nonsense, but we'll be pleased if you'll come.
gpt
Thank you very much, said Mrs. Vincent, who could not forget that the cherry-coloured bonnet had nodded during Mr. Beecher's sermon,
human
said the widow, with a slight shiver, repeating her formula,
gpt
You can't take us amiss, said Mrs. Tozer;
human
Oh, I wish you would let me go with you and nurse you, said Phoebe, not without a glance in the other direction at the approaching form of the young man from 'Omerton,
gpt
I am so frightened you don't like me!--but I'll come over before tea, and sit with you if your headache is not better. If I could only make you fancy I was Miss Vincent!