human
Curses light on her!
gpt
Thank you, Mr Garnet! Curses, like chickens, come home to roost, you know. Ah, you did it--didn't you? said Pet, provokingly.
human
Don't you wish you had me, though? It's slippery work holding eels, and dangerous to play with exploding bombshells, and stinging occupation pulling nettles; but the coat-sleeves that try to hold me will find a harder and more dangerous job than any of them. Good-night, Mr. Rozzel Garnet, and pleasant dreams; and remember, when you next try to captivate me, that earth, air, fire, and water were never made to hold me.
gpt
Ah! you may triumph now--it is your turn, he said, looking up, livid with rage;
human
Well, it's consoling to hear. I hope you'll have a good time when it does come.
gpt
And yet this tough, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl.
human
There is a pleasure in being mad, Which none but madmen know.