human
This is not new to you, I suppose?
gpt
No, said Penrose,
human
I know almost every inch round here.
gpt
I saw you looking out of the train at a place we passed what they call Godalming; you were looking at a big building on the top of a hill there. What was it?
human
It was my old school, said Penrose,
gpt
Charterhouse; the best school in the world.
human
Ay, did you go there? asked Tom.
gpt
Why, it was fair grand. How long were you there?
human
Five years,
gpt
And to think of your becoming a Tommy like me!
human
Well, what of that?
gpt
You might have been an officer if you had liked, I suppose?
human
It wur just grand of you.
gpt
Nothing grand at all, said Penrose.
human
A chap who doesn't do his bit at a time like this is just a skunk, that's all; and I made up my mind that I would learn what a private soldier's life was like before I took a commission.
gpt
Well, you know now, said Tom,
human
My uniform's ordered,
gpt
I suppose you won't be friends with me any more, and I shall have to salute you,
human
Discipline is discipline, replied Penrose.
gpt
As to friendship, I am not given to change.