human
Come to do myself the honour of calling on you, Mr. Vavasour. I am sorry to see you so poorly; I hope our Whitbury air will set all right.
gpt
You mistake me, sir; my name is Briggs!
human
Mr. Armsworth? I beg your pardon, sir; but what brings you here? Are you come, sir, to use the rich successful man's right, and lecture me in my misery?
gpt
ran on the banker, seeing that Elsley was preparing a peevish answer,
human
Would that you had never sent me!
gpt
Ah, sir, that's matter of opinion! You would never have been heard of down here, never have had justice done you, I mean; for heard of you have been. There's my daughter has read your poems again and again-- always quoting them; and very pretty they sound too. Poetry is not in my line, of course; still, it's a credit to a man to do anything well, if he has the gift; and she tells me that you have it, and plenty of it. And though she's no fine lady, thank Heaven, I'll back her for good sense against any woman. Come up, sir, and judge for yourself if I don't speak the truth; she will be delighted to meet you, and bade me say so.
human
His nerves were so weak, and his spirits so broken with late troubles.
gpt
My dear sir, that's the very reason I want you to come. A bottle of port will cure the nerves, and a pleasant chat the spirits. Nothing like forgetting all for a little time; and then to it again with a fresh lease of strength, and beat it at last like a man.
human
Too late, my dear sir; I must pay the penalty of my own folly,
gpt
Never too late, sir, while there's life left in us. And, he went on in a gentler tone,