human
I beg your honour's pardon, I did not know--
gpt
Never mind: lay the book there. I wish to speak with you. You look well, my child: this air agrees with you as well as that of Hazeldean?
human
Oh, yes, Sir!
gpt
Yet it is higher ground,--more exposed?
human
That can hardly be, sir, said Lenny;
gpt
Lies, not lays, Lenny. What are the principal complaints in these parts?
human
Eh, sir?
gpt
I mean what maladies, what diseases?
human
I never heard tell of any, sir, except the rheumatism.
gpt
No low fevers, no consumption?
human
Never heard of them, sir.
gpt
That seems a very kind family at the Hall.
human
I have nothing to say against it, answered Lenny, bluntly.
gpt
I have not been treated justly. But as that book says, sir, 'It is not every one who comes into the world with a silver spoon in his mouth.'