human
So at last you're ready to start, eh? he rasped out.
gpt
I thought perhaps you'd gone to Newport for the summer to think it over. You are ready, are you not?
human
Yes, sir, we hope to----
gpt
Well, dammit! 'yes' is enough! Cut out the 'we hope to'! And try not to look at me patiently, Mr. Sayre. I don't want anybody to be patient with me. I dislike it. I prefer to incite impatience in people. Impatience is a form of energy. I like energy! Energy is important in this business. The main thing is to get a move on; and then, first you know, you'll begin to hustle. Try it for a change.
human
To successfully cover this story, he continued,
gpt
We've been reading up, began Langdon confidently;
human
Haven't I already warned you that every ounce of superfluous luggage will weigh a ton in the woods? interrupted the city editor scornfully.
gpt
Are you two youthful guys under the impression that you can stroll through the wilderness loaded down with a five-foot shelf of assorted junk?
human
Sayre arranged that, said Langdon.
gpt
He has invented a wonderful system, Mr. Trinkle. You know that thin, white stuff, which resembles sheets of paper, that they give goldfish to eat. Well, Sayre and I tasted it; and it wasn't very bad; so we had them make up twelve thousand sheets of it, flavoured with vanilla, and then we got Dribble & Co., the publishers, to print one set of their Nature Library on the sheets and bind 'em up in edible cassava covers. As soon as we thoroughly master a volume we can masticate it, pages, binding, everything. William, show Mr. Trinkle your note-book,
human
Made entirely of fish food, sugar, pemmican, and cassava, he said modestly.
gpt
Takes pencil, ink, stylograph, indelible pencil, crayon, chalk--
human
What? he barked.
gpt
Say it again!
human
It's made of perfectly good fish-wafer, Mr. Trinkle. We had it analysed by Professor Smawl, and he says it is mildly nutritious. So we added other ingredients----
gpt
You mean to say that this pad is fit to eat?
human
Certainly, said Langdon.
gpt
Bite into it, William, and show him.
human
Oh, very well, he said.
gpt
I haven't any further suggestions to offer. Your uncle has picked you for the job. But it's my private opinion that here is where you make good or hunt another outlet for your genius--even if your uncle does own the _Star_.
human
It's a wild and desolate region, he said, with an irony they did not immediately perceive;
gpt
Yes, sir,
human
Suppose you run over the main points before you dash recklessly out into the woods via Broadway.
gpt
William, said Langdon with boyish dignity,
human
It will afford me much pleasure to do so,