human
What excuse have you for yourself? asked the colonel.
gpt
You have evidently had some education and were meant for better things. Why did you make a beast of yourself? His words cut Tom like a knife.
human
Make a beast of myself, he thought,
gpt
Where is there to go, sir, when one's day's work is over?
human
Go? replied the colonel, a little nonplussed,
gpt
And then remembering a visitor who came to him the previous day, he said:
human
There's the Y.M.C.A. hall; they teach you something useful there.
gpt
I am as good as they are, he said to himself,
human
I told you you were an ass, he said.
gpt
If you go on in this way, you'll end by being kicked out of the Army.
human
Kicked out of the Army!