human
I say, old fellow, if there is anything the matter which we didn't know of when you wrote to me, don't you think you had better tell us about it at once? Or else we shall think we have come here at an unlucky time, and are not quite wanted.
gpt
Of course everybody here is very glad to see you, Dick, and your friends; but it is true that we are not at our best, in spite of the fine weather and the glorious hay-crop. We have had a death here.
human
Well, you should get over that, neighbour: such things must be.
gpt
Yes, Walter said,
human
Tell us the story, Walter, said Dick;