human
Where picked you up that jewel?
gpt
He lives--or rather his friends do--next door to Tom Rookwood,
human
A pigeon worth plucking?
gpt
As poor as a church-mouse, but he knows things we need to know, and in point of wits he is a very pigeon. He no more guesseth what time of day it is with us than my Lord Secretary doth.
human
Now, good gentlemen, be quiet, said he, piously. Was there a faint twinkle in his eyes?
gpt
God will do all for the best. We must get it by prayer at God's hands, in whose hands are the hearts of princes.
human
You pray, by all means, and we'll work,