human
That is not the question, I persisted.
gpt
I am sure you will forgive me, when you remember that I speak in the name of the Public; but what I want, and what they want to know is, Did you steal the umbrellas? Now, Mr. CHOSE, you can surely answer Yes or No.
human
I don't see what either you or they have to do with it, replied the Arctic Explorer, cutting off the top of a boiled egg,
gpt
Exactly, I agreed,
human
But would you say it was probable?
gpt
Distinctly not. BLANK was a noble-hearted, chivalrous, merry, gladsome, gallant young fellow. He was the soul of honour. Why, he added, with deep emotion,
human
I have left as much as fourpence in coppers on a mantel-piece alone with him, and on my return nave found every halfpenny of the money untouched!
gpt
Then do you not think he pushed the old man into the sausage-machine?
human
If he did, it must have been either accidentally, or to win a wager, or perhaps as practical joke. That he would do anything open to censure at the hands of the severest moralist, is absolutely incredible. Why, he is a Loamshire man!
gpt
So I have heard; and, now, Mr. CHOSE, as I see that you have finished your breakfast, I will put to you a purely personal question. Is it true that you poisoned your grandmother, drowned your uncle, stifled your niece, and hanged your brother-in-law?
human
And may I take it that you have never been in gaol for picking pockets? And when it is said that you were turned out of a Club for cheating at cards--