human
Do, doctor, let me get up; your physic has done me an immense deal of good, and I feel quite well already,
gpt
You get up! he exclaimed.
human
What do you think yourself made of?
gpt
Arrah, shure, sugar and spice and all that's nice! that's what midshipmen are made of. But shure, doctor dear, you will not keep me here, stewing by myself, when I might be enjoying the pure air of heaven?--for I really am well, doctor.
human
You mean to say that you have finished your book, and have got tired of lying in bed, was the reply.
gpt
Well, if you promise to be a good boy and keep in the shade, you may dress and go on deck, but I cannot undertake to scratch you off the sick-list yet.
human
Thank you, sir, said Desmond;
gpt
I will do everything you tell me, and take as much medicine as you think fit to prescribe. I do not want to do duty yet, as I've got a hundred pages more of `Tom Cringle's Log' to read, and I cannot gallop over a book as some people do.
human
Well, well, possibly the ship may manage to take care of itself without you,