human
I say, have you got any beef-tea?
gpt
Beef-tea, sir! he said, giving the lad with him a sharp look.
human
Anything else, sir?--Turtle, sir; gravy, spring, or asparagus soup,-- like it now?
gpt
Look here, I cried;
human
Mr Walters has been very queer and he's now getting up, can't you give me a basin of soup for him?
gpt
Soup, sir! Ah, now you're talking wisdom. I'll see what I can do; but to talk about beef-tea just when the butcher's shop round the corner's shut up--butcher's shop is shut up, arn't it, Tom?
human
Yes; all gone wrong. Trade was so bad.
gpt
Now, no chaff, I said;
human
I should think so, sir. Here, Tom, strain off some of the liquor from that Irish stoo.