human
Good evening, my lad,
gpt
Good evening, cap'n,
human
Not cap'n just yet, said the other, laughing;
gpt
Well, sargint. Good evening to ye, sargint.
human
I've been looking for you all day, that I have,
gpt
What, me!
human
Well, I was told to look out for the finest young fellow in the place, and that's about the same thing.
gpt
And what might ye be wanting me for, gineral, at all at all?
human
Faith, Patrick, said the sergeant, adopting the Irish brogue as if he had been a native,
gpt
The Quane!
human
Sure, no other. She wants your help, my lad.
gpt
And she shall have it, bless her! What can I do at all?
human
Arrah, she wants yez to foight a blackguard or two that's guv' her impidence.
gpt
They have! I'm yer boy for a shindy. Where are they, colonel?
human
Not far off. And, by the way, she sent ye this bran new shillin' with her best respex to ye, Pat; and sez I'm to axe ye what you'll take to drink her health in; so come along, my lad.