human
How be you to-day? the guest asked kindly, as she entered the kitchen.
gpt
Why, what a sight o' flowers, Mis' Bickford! What be you goin' to do with 'em all?
human
My sister's boy fetched 'em over, she answered.
gpt
You know my sister Parsons's a great hand to raise flowers, an' this boy takes after her. He said his mother thought the gardin never looked handsomer, and she picked me these to send over. They was sendin' a team to Westbury for some fertilizer to put on the land, an' he come with the men, an' stopped to eat his dinner 'long o' me. He's been growin' fast, and looks peaked. I expect sister 'Liza thought the ride, this pleasant day, would do him good. 'Liza sent word for me to come over and pass some days next week, but it ain't so that I can.
human
Why, it's a pretty time of year to go off and make a little visit,
gpt
I ain't got my sitting-room chamber carpet taken up yet, sighed Mrs. Bickford.
human
I do feel condemned. I might have done it to-day, but 't was all at end when I saw Tommy coming. There, he's a likely boy, an' so relished his dinner; I happened to be well prepared. I don't know but he's my favorite o' that family. Only I've been sittin' here thinkin', since he went, an' I can't remember that I ever was so belated with my spring cleaning.
gpt
explained Miss Pendexter.
human
None of us could be so smart as common this year, not even the lazy ones that always get one room done the first o' March, and brag of it to others' shame, and then never let on when they do the rest.