human
No one, surely, would come here to stare about him,
gpt
May be so, sir, may be so, returned the other, taking Tom upon his knee, and waving him off impatiently.
human
I don't want to argue with ladies and gentlemen. I have had enough of arguing, to last one man his life.
gpt
You have sufficient reason, I dare say, said Mr. Jarndyce,
human
There again! exclaimed the man, becoming violently angry.
gpt
I am of a quarrelsome temper. I am irascible. I am not polite!
human
Not very, I think.
gpt
Sir, said Gridley, putting down the child, and going up to him as if he mean to strike him,
human
Do you know any thing of Courts of Equity?
gpt
Perhaps I do, to my sorrow.
human
To your sorrow? said the man, pausing in his wrath.
gpt
If so, I beg your pardon. I am not polite, I know. I beg your pardon! Sir, with renewed violence,
human
I have been dragged for five-and-twenty years over burning iron, and I have lost the habit of treading upon velvet. Go into the Court of Chancery yonder, and ask what is one of the standing jokes that brighten up their business sometimes, and they will tell you that the best joke they have, is the man from Shropshire. I, he said, beating one hand on the other passionately,
gpt
I believe, I and my family have also had the honor of furnishing some entertainment in the same grave place, said my Guardian, composedly.
human
You may have heard my name--Jarndyce.
gpt
Mr. Jarndyce, said Gridley, with a rough sort of salutation,
human
he said, speaking in a homely, rustic way, and with great vehemence.
gpt
You may tell me that I over-excite myself. I answer that it's in my nature to do it, under wrong, and I must do it. There's nothing between doing it, and sinking into the smiling state of the poor little mad woman that haunts the Court. If I was once to sit down under it, I should become imbecile.