human
I got the money anyhow, and, sure enough, the people must have thought I was the devil's self; but it was little I cared what they thought, for the pieces were beginning to mount up in the box, and one fine day the box got so full that not another penny-piece could have been squeezed sideways into it, so I had to make a new box, and it wasn't so long until I made a third box and a fourth one, and I could see the time coming when I would be able to stand in with the market-men, and get a good grip on whatever might be going.
gpt
How much did you rob in all?
human
I had all of two thousand pounds.
gpt
That's a lot of money, I'm thinking.
human
It is so, and it took a lot of getting, and there was twenty damns went into the box with every one of the yellow pieces.
gpt
A damn isn't worth a shilling, said Patsy.
human
You can have them from me at two for a ha'penny, and there's lots of people would give them to yourself for nothing, you rotten old robber of the world! And if I had the lump of twist back that I gave you a couple of minutes ago I'd put it in my pocket, so I would, and I'd sit on it.
gpt
Don't forget that you're talking about old things,
human
If I was one of your men, shouted Patsy,
gpt
Wouldn't I?
human
You would not, said Patsy,
gpt
If you had been one of my men, the other replied mildly,
human
And a pair of good boots,
gpt
Do you want to hear the rest of the story?
human
I do so, said Patsy;
gpt
Thank you kindly,
human
On the head of all these things a wonderful thing happened to me.
gpt
That's the way to start, said Patsy approvingly.
human
You're a good story-teller, mister.
gpt
It isn't so much that, replied Billy,
human
The potatoes are nearly done, Mary, a grah?
gpt
They'll be done in a short while.
human
Hold your story for a few minutes until we eat the potatoes and a few collops of the rabbits, for I tell you that I'm drooping with the hunger.
gpt
I didn't eat anything myself, replied Billy,
human
It's not quite done yet,
gpt
It's done enough, replied her father.
human
Aren't you particular this day! Pull them over here and share them round, and don't be having the men dying on your hands.
gpt
Ah!
human
Aye, indeed!
gpt
Put on more of the potatoes now, Patsy commanded his daughter,
human
I wish I had twice as much as I had,
gpt
You got twice as much as me, cried Patsy angrily,
human
I'm not complaining, replied Art;
gpt
I'm only stating a fact.
human
That's all right,
gpt
Now we'll have the rest of the story,