human
All rot! he growled.
gpt
Stop bitting your finger ends and ease up a little. Your face looks like a rat's with the ferret about three jumps behind. Quit it. Borrow some money. Here, I'm as poor as my own devil but I can get you some. There's lots of the stuff around somewhere. Borrow a hundred and go up on a farm somewhere for a few weeks, and sleep.
human
You're all wrong, said Wardwell, still breathing hard,
gpt
You need to go easy, I tell you, Jimmie. What you need is a rest.
human
Rest! I haven't done a stroke for six weeks!
gpt
Probably not. But you've been bending over a typewriter till the back ribs are sticking into your lungs.
human
What in blazes are you talking about? said Wardwell bluffly.
gpt
If you want to stall me off, why don't you give me the usual thing--'office all full just now, leave your name and address, we'll call you up if we need, and so forth?' Was I so useless as that when I was here?
human
Jimmie, said Ray quietly,