human
You want to keep me from going on the steamer, I cried.
gpt
That other wretch who loves her has paid you--
human
It would have been some sort of a motive for your actions, I humbly added, as I sank back from my hostile attitude;
gpt
Forget the girl, said he;
human
I know of a dozen just as pretty.
gpt
Women are the bane of life, he now sententiously exclaimed.
human
They are ever intruding themselves between a man and his comfort, as for instance just now between yourself and this good wine.
gpt
Don't talk of them, I cried,
human
We deal punishment, not receive it. It would not worry me in the least to leave you lying here upon the floor.
gpt
Deal punishment? I repeated.
human
Are you punishing me? Is that why I am here?
gpt
You enjoy being sarcastic, he observed.
human
Well, it gives a spice to conversation, I own. Talk is apt to be dull without it.
gpt
I had rather you had struck me, he remarked,
human
You should not have exasperated me,