She laughs, she chatters, she jests, and he keeps pace with her to the best of his ability.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann
In the osier-bed the brook-sparrow chatters; there, too, the first pollard willow stands, or rather leans, hollow and aged, across the water.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
"To-morrow, I shall know the truth," said Desroches, in a low tone, to Godeschal; "no one chatters like a beaten man."
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac