human
You seem to know Eyetalian well, with all these Eyetalian names. _I_ can't make head or tail of 'em. But as to handwriting, it's about the worst I ever saw.
gpt
Yes, I know, said Maso, ashamed.
human
I've never had regular lessons, 'cepting this summer, when--
gpt
You get me that note, and I'll see.
human
You're an old gumpy; so he wrote,
gpt
Longlegs yells out every day your an old gumpy, which greatly astonished Mrs. Roscoe. The boy exerted every power he had to make his letters appear natural. But the task was so difficult that each missive read a good deal like a ball discharged from a cannon; there was always a singularly abrupt statement regarding the weather, and another about the food at the hotel; then followed two or three sentences about Longlegs; and he was her
human
He sent these replies to the Bagni; here his friend, the porter, taking off the outer envelope, which was directed to himself, put the letter within with the others to go to the post-office; in this way Maso's epistles bore the postmark
gpt
Bagni di Lucca.