human
Doctor, if you please, I wish to speak to you.
gpt
Well, Duncan, said the venerable doctor,
human
No, doctor; I must speak to you now, for it is a matter upon my conscience.
gpt
Oh, since it is a matter of conscience, tell me what it is; but be brief, Duncan, for time presses.
human
The matter is this, doctor. Ye see the clock yonder on the face of the new church? Well, there is no clock really there--nothing but the face of the clock. There is no truth in it, but only once in the twelve hours. Now it is, in my mind, very wrong, and quite against my conscience, that there should be a lie on the face of the house of the Lord.
gpt
Duncan, I will consider the point. I am glad to see you looking so well. You are not young now; I remember you for many years; and what a fine head of hair you have still!
human
Eh, doctor, you are joking now; it is long since I have had my hair.
gpt
Oh, Duncan, Duncan, are you going into the house of the Lord with a lie upon your head?