human
By the way, said the secretary,
gpt
I think I have a letter here from somebody in your district asking an appointment, and referring to you? Do you withdraw it?
human
If anybody has been presuming to speculate upon my patronage,
gpt
I've got the letter somewhere here, said the secretary, looking dazedly at his table. He made a feeble movement among the papers, and then sank back hopelessly in his chair, and gazed out of the window as if he thought and rather hoped it might have flown away.
human
It was from a Mr. Globbs, or Gobbs, or Dobbs, of Remus,
gpt
Oh, that's nothing--a foolish fellow who has been boring me for the last month.
human
Then I am to understand that this application is withdrawn?
gpt
As far as my patronage is concerned, certainly. In fact, such an appointment would not express the sentiments--indeed, I may say, would be calculated to raise active opposition in the deestrict.