human
By the way, he said, as they moved away,
gpt
She gave me her good wishes this afternoon, after taking the photograph. Red, speaking of Baltimore, when are you coming down?
human
When I get a card saying you are holding a clinic on a subject I'm anxious to see demonstrated.
gpt
Do you expect me to go to holding clinics?
human
Surest thing in the world. You can't keep out of them.
gpt
Do you suppose the men who saw my breakdown will be eager to welcome me back?
human
No question of it. Good Lord, man, you're not the first nor the ten-thousandth man who has broken down from overwork. Because my axe becomes dull I'm not going to refuse to use it when it comes back from the grindstone with a brighter edge than ever on it, am I? Wait till you see your reception. Some of those fellows have been making a lot of mistakes in your absence--have been trying to do things too big for them. They'll be only too glad to turn some of their stunts over to you. And the big ones, who are your friends, will rejoice at sight of you. Of course you have rivals; you don't expect them to welcome you with open arms. They'll be sorry to see you back. Let them be sorry, and be hanged to them! Go in and show them that they're the ones who need a rest now, and that you'll take care of their work in their absence.
gpt
Red, there's nobody just like you,
human
That's lucky. Too many explosives aren't safe to have around. I know, and have known all along, Jack, that it's been like a cat lecturing a king, my advice to you. A better simile would be the old one of the mouse gnawing the lion out of the net. If I've done anything for you, that's what I've done.
gpt
Red, said he--and his voice had a deep ring in it as he spoke--
human
The frog, in the marsh, where he lived, was king,
gpt
That's not the sort of king you are. You would be king anywhere. But you're willing to rule over a kingdom that may look small to some, but looks big as an empire to me, now that I understand. I've reached this point: I am almost--and sometime I expect to be entirely--glad that the thing happened to me which brought me here to you. You have done more for me than any man ever did. And there's one thing I think I owe to you to tell you. The greatest thing I've learned from you, though you haven't said much about it, is faith in the God above us. I'd about let go of that when I came here. Thanks to you, I've got hold of it again, and I mean never to let go. No man can afford to let go of that--permanently.
human
I'm mighty glad to know that, Jack,