human
Can you tell me, my good man, if I shall pass the 'Red Lion' inn along this road?
gpt
Oi wouldn't like to be saying wut a gen'leman loike ye wud be doin'; but Oi'm parfect sartin Oi shouldn't!
human
Tom! (_No response._)
gpt
I say, Tom! (_No answer._)
human
Tom! (_A muffled grunt._)
gpt
Tom--Fire!
human
Eh? What? What do you say?
gpt
I say Tom, do you think your key will fit my bag?
human
And how did you like Switzerland?
gpt
Oh, immensely! It was our first visit, you know!
human
And did you go on into Italy?
gpt
Well, no. We found a hotel at Lausanne where there was a first-rate tennis-lawn, you know--quite as good as ours at home. So we spent the whole of our holiday there, and played lawn-tennis all day long.
human
Oh--I dare say I could!
gpt
Really--what _are_ they?
human
Well, now--five polar bears, let us say, and--and seven seals!
gpt
Can we have beds here to-night?
human
Oh, yes, sir.
gpt
Have you--er--any--er--_insects_ in this house?
human
No, sir. _But we can get you some!
gpt
How horrid! I always think anything wrong with one's nails sets one's teeth on edge all down one's back!
human
We are quite fifty miles from the Scilly Isles, Miss Brown. They say the odour of the flowers they cultivate there travels that distance over the sea. I can detect it distinctly now--can't you?
gpt
I guess it hasn't _quite_ reached me yet, Mr. Jones!
human
Oh, you're from America, are you? People often say to me, 'Don't you dislike Americans?' But I always say 'I believe there are some very nice ones among them.'
gpt
Ah, I dare say there _may_ be two or three nice people amongst millions!
human
And what do the--a--_South Danubians_ say, Mr. Shoddy?
gpt
Did you ring, Sir?
human
Oh, I was wondering whether you and your husband would care to accompany our party to Hadrian's Villa to-morrow?
gpt
Why, yes; we'd just love to go. George and I will be furnishing as soon as we get back to Noo York, and maybe we'd be able to pick up a few notions over at this villa.
human
Speaking of travel reminds me how greatly I have admired the scenery round Lake Geneva, and also what pleasant times I have spent in the neighbourhood of Lake Leman.
gpt
Pardon me, but the two places are synonymous.
human
Ah! So _you_ may think, sir--so _you_ may think! But, from my point of view, I consider Lake Geneva to be far the most synonymous of the two.
gpt
IT'S AN ILL WIND, &c.--
human
Oh, papa! what _do_ you think? Four out of our twelve boxes are missing.
gpt
Hurrah! By George! that's the best piece of news I've had for a long time.
human
Oh, George, I'm ashamed of you--rubbing your lips like that, after that dear little French girl has given you a kiss!
gpt
I'm not rubbing it _out_, mammy--I'm rubbing it _in_!