human
It was you, not I, proposed ringing the bells,
gpt
Well, that's a cool one if you like, replied Doubleday.
human
Why, it was all we could do to keep you from wrenching off the knockers as well, wasn't it, Crow?
gpt
Never thought we'd keep him from it, said Crow.
human
If the bobby hadn't turned up, I do believe he'd have wanted to smash the windows also.
gpt
You're making all this up,
human
Not likely, said Doubleday;
gpt
No, was he?
human
Well, I passed by Daly's this morning, and he told me he hadn't been home all night, and he supposed he'd have to go and bail him out.
gpt
What a game!
human
You'd call it a game if you had to hand out forty shillings, or take a week, replied Doubleday.
gpt
A nice expensive game this of yours, Master Batchelor. It'll cost you more than all your eel-pies, and lobsters, and flash toggery put together.