human
Poor boy! said Peterkin tenderly, as he laid his hand gently on the child's woolly pate.--
gpt
Tell them, Mak, to look well after him here, and they shall be paid handsomely for--nay (here he interrupted himself),
human
Right, lad, said Jack:
gpt
Ready and willing, my lord, said Peterkin, as we followed Jack towards the king's palace.
human
But, he added seriously,
gpt
I don't like to be a general of _division_ at all.
human
Why not, Peterkin?
gpt
Why, you see, when I was at school I found division so uncommonly difficult, and suffered so much, mentally and physically, in the learning of it, that I have a species of morbid antipathy to the very name. I even intend to refuse a seat in parliament, when offered to me, because of the divisions that are constantly going on there. If you could only make me a general of subtraction now, or--
human
That, interrupted Jack,
gpt
In which case, rejoined Peterkin,
human
I should have to become general of addition, by revolunteering my services, in order to prevent the whole expedition from resolving itself into General Muddle, whose name and services are well-known in all branches of military and civil service.
gpt
So that, added Jack,