human
My respectable dames, said he,--for his mother had taught him always to use the greatest civility,--
gpt
I hold your eye fast in my hand, and shall keep it safely for you, until you please to tell me where to find these Nymphs. The Nymphs, I mean, who keep the enchanted wallet, the flying slippers, and the--what is it?--the helmet of invisibility.
human
Mercy on us, sisters! what is the young man talking about? exclaimed Scarecrow, Nightmare, and Shakejoint, one to another, with great appearance of astonishment.
gpt
A pair of flying slippers, quoth he! His heels would quickly fly higher than his head, if he were silly enough to put them on. And a helmet of invisibility! How could a helmet make him invisible, unless it were big enough for him to hide under it? And an enchanted wallet! What sort of a contrivance may that be, I wonder? No, no, good stranger! we can tell you nothing of these marvelous things. You have two eyes of your own, and we have but a single one amongst us three. You can find out such wonders better than three blind old creatures, like us.