human
It was really witty, she said.
gpt
In fact, it's all clever. I wonder how he learned to talk like that.
human
It's probably in the blood. I believe one of his close relatives is a bishop.
gpt
It doesn't quite follow, objected Farquhar.
human
I heard one of them, an English one, in Montreal, who wasn't a patch on Mavy. Anyway, if you want to hold the boys here you have to be clever.
gpt
Boys, it said,
human
In my case, Thorne pointed out,
gpt
I could tell 'way funnier tales than you do when I was asleep,
human
I've nothing to urge against the storekeepers, boys. They're useful to the community--it's possible that they're more useful than I am--but it doesn't seem quite fitting to hold them up as deserving objects of your compassion. If you have any doubt on that point you have only to look at their clothes. I don't like to be personal, but since there are two men here from whom I don't expect very much delicacy, I feel inclined to wonder whether that is a brass watch and guard Mr. Sergeant is wearing.
gpt
No, sir, snapped the other, who was evidently too disturbed in temper to notice the simple trap,
human
That's the point, boys. Mine, which was made in Connecticut, cost five. I think you can see the inference. If you don't, I should like you to ask him where he got the hundred and twenty dollars.
gpt
It's likely that I could buy things of that kind, and keep as smart a team as our friend does, if I struck you for the interest he charges on your held-over accounts.
human
That's quite right! somebody cried.
gpt
They don't want no pity. They've got bonds on half our farms. Guess the usual interest's blamed robbery.
human
You wouldn't call it that, if you'd ever tried to collect it. You stand out of your money until harvest's in, and then when you drive round the homestead's empty, and somebody's written on the door, 'Sorry I couldn't pack the house off.'