human
Gone,
gpt
Go on, sir, said she, in a low voice.
human
He hears it all more clearly than he ever did before.
gpt
Tom, said Frank, in a whisper,
human
My father takes the Communion, said he, half to himself.
gpt
At least, it is a beautiful old--
human
Hey?--What does that mean?
gpt
At last? gasped Frank, gently enough.
human
Excuse me! He was bowed almost double, crushing Thurnall's arm in the fierce gripe of pain.
gpt
Pish!-- Hang it!--Impossible!--There, you are all right now!
human
For the time. I can understand many things now. Curious sensation it is, though. Can you conceive a sword put in on one side of the waist, just above the hip-bone, and drawn through, handle and all, till it passes out at the opposite point?
gpt
I have felt it twice; and therefore you will be pleased to hold your tongue and go to bed. Have you had any warnings?
human
Yes,--no,--that is--this morning: but I forgot. Never mind!--What matter a hundred years hence I There it is again!--God help me!
gpt
Humph! growled Thurnall to himself.
human
I'd sooner have lost a dozen of these herring-hogs, whom nobody misses, and who are well out of their life-scrape: but the parson, just as he was making a man!