human
Oh, here you are at last! Here's your uncle, Fred, come to see you. He was afraid he would have to go before you got back.
gpt
Yes, he replied, in his usual frigid way.
human
You seem surprised to see me. But as I had business in town I found out this place, and came to look you up.
gpt
It was very kind of you,
human
You shouldn't say that when you don't mean it, said my uncle.
gpt
And as I am going in a few minutes you need not look so alarmed.
human
I hope you will have a cup of tea before you go,
gpt
No, thank you. Your friend here asked me that already. Now, what about your debts, Fred?
human
Oh, said I,
gpt
Humph! said my uncle.
human
That scrape will be a lesson to you, I hope. Boys who make fools of themselves like that must suffer the consequences.
gpt
I had been very foolish I know,
human
But Fred's as steady as a judge now,
gpt
It's nearly time he was, replied my uncle,
human
Oh yes, every one, said I;
gpt
Yes, he's nothing to do with them now,
human
And he spends his evenings in something better than drinking and gambling and that sort of thing?
gpt
Well, said my uncle, after a few more similar inquiries had been satisfactorily answered,
human
I hope what you tell me is true. It may seem as if I did not care much what became of you, Fred. And as long as you went on in the way you did, no more I did. You had chosen your friends, and you might get on the best you could with them. But now, if you have done what you say you have and given them up--
gpt
Come on, you fellows. We'll smoke him out. Batchelor ahoy there! Wonder if he lives on the roof.