human
Do you think so?
gpt
Well, said I,
human
Two days if you like! he interrupted vehemently.
gpt
Why more? Why longer than a day? How do you know that I had sunk into the condition in which you found me longer than an hour or two when you landed? How do you know, hey? How do you know?
human
I know by the date you name and by the year that this is,
gpt
You want to prove that I have been insensible for forty-eight years.
human
It is the fact,
gpt
Who reigns in France now?
human
There is no king; he was beheaded.
gpt
What was his name?
human
Louis the Sixteenth,
gpt
Ha! cried he, with an arch sneer;
human
Louis the Sixteenth, hey? Are you sure it wasn't Louis the Seventeenth?
gpt
He is dead too.
human
This is news, Mr. Rodney,
gpt
Whilst you have been here, said I,
human
Who is your king?
gpt
George the Third, said I;
human
God bless him!
gpt
So--George and Louis--Louis and George. I see how it is. Stick to your dates, sir. But, my friend, never set up as a schoolmaster.
human
Eighteen hundred and one! he cried.
gpt
A man I knew once lost ten thousand livres at a _coup_. What do you think happened? They settled in him here; he patted his belly: