human
George Reader's took a fancy to the new watch, I can see,
gpt
Poor lad! said Mrs Argent;
human
I dare say he'd like to have it in his pocket when he goes to college.
gpt
He is going, then?
human
Yes, for certain; the clergyman says it would be a sin for a boy of his cleverness not to go, and so I think.
gpt
Well, learning's a great thing; and when a gamekeeper's son does take a fit of it, I suppose it's all right to humour it. But you and I, wife, can get on very well without it.
human
Speak for yourself, retorted Mrs Argent;
gpt
I wish you had half as much in your head as that boy has got, that's all!
human
And I suppose you wish you'd got the other half, eh? Stuff!
gpt
I wonder what they'll do about the church organ when George's gone?
human
Ah! you may say so, said the husband, with a touch of importance in his voice which became a churchwarden when speaking of church matters;
gpt
So it will. Did you stay after the service on Sunday?
human
No; you know I had to go round to the curate's. Why?
gpt
Just because if you'd heard him play you'd have been glued to your chair, as I was. It was beautiful. I couldn't have got up from that chair if I'd tried.
human
Good job you didn't try, if you were glued down, especially in your Sunday gown. I shouldn't care to have to buy many of them a month.
gpt
Now, John, you know I've not had a new gown for nearly a year.