human
I'm very bad, you see. This cough; oh, it shakes me dreadfully; especially of nights.
gpt
Have you any doctor?
human
The druggist close by, or rather, the druggist's shopman. He's a very kind young fellow, from our county, I fancy, for he asked me once if I wasn't a Stowbury man; and ever since he has doctored me for nothing, and given me a shilling too, now and then, when I've been a'most clemmed to death in the winter.
gpt
Oh, Tom, why didn't you write to me before. Have you actually wanted food?
human
Yes, many a time. I've been out of work this twelvemonth.
gpt
But Esther?
human
Who?
gpt
Your wife?
human
My wife? I've got none? She spent every thing till I fell ill, and then she met a fellow with lots of money. Curse her!