human
My angel mother!
gpt
I beg your pardon, old man. I forgot myself, for a moment.
human
Oh, don't pard my begoner--that is, begon my pard--no, I mean peg my bardon! Hang it all! I'm all twisted! I don't know what I am trying to say!
gpt
Jeewhittaker! I'm glad Merry don't get this way often! he thought.
human
Never knew him to do it before.
gpt
I am going to try to hush this Ditson matter up, Harry.
human
You are?
gpt
Yes, for the sake of Ditson's mother. I want you to help me. We'll go see Putnam and Jones. If they have told anybody, we'll see the others. I am the one who has the greatest cause for complaint, and if I am willing to drop it, I am sure Putnam should be. Come on, old man. Let's not lose any time.
human
Well, I suppose you are right, admitted Harry, as he reached for his cap.
gpt
But there's not another person on top of the earth who could induce me to keep still in such a case. It is a second offense, too.