human
Junior clerkship. An intelligent lad, respectable, and quick at figures, wanted in a merchant's office. Wages 8 shillings a week to commence. Apply by letter to Merrett, Barnacle, and Company, Hawk Street, London.
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Look at this, uncle! This will do, I say! Read it, please.
human
Absurd. You would not do at all. That is not one of those I marked, is it?
gpt
No. But they were all awful. I say, uncle, let's try for this.
human
Fred, said he sternly,
gpt
I'm sorry to see you making a fool of yourself. However, it's your affair, not mine.
human
But, uncle, I'm pretty quick at figures,
gpt
And intelligent and respectable too, I suppose? added my uncle, looking at me over his glasses.
human
Well, do as you choose.
gpt
Will you be angry?
human
Tut, tut! said my uncle, rising,
gpt
and the number of l's in
human
! How carefully I rubbed out the pencil- lines I had ruled, and how many times I repented I had not put a
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before the