human
Nay, that I must say, said the fat gentleman,
gpt
Yes, yes, thought I;
human
(to the waiter),
gpt
Yes, said mine host now,
human
Thirty thousand! repeated I, in my exultant soul,
gpt
and from head to heart there sang in me, amid the trumpet-beat of every pulse in alternating echoes,
human
Thirty thousand! Thirty thousand!
gpt
Yes, continued the fat gentlemen,
human
Aha, that is something quite different! Hear you, youth, waiter! Eh, come you here! take that meat, and the bouillon, and the wine away again; and hear you, observe well, that I have not eaten a morsel of all this. How could I, indeed; I, that ever since I opened my eyes this morning have done nothing else but eat (a horrible untruth!), and it just now occurs to me that it would therefore be unnecessary to pay money for such a superfluous feast.
gpt
But you have actually ordered it,
human
My friend, I replied, and seized myself behind the ear, a place whence people, who are in embarrassment, are accustomed in some sort of way to obtain the necessary help--