human
Narrow squeak, Anthony!
gpt
Yes!
human
I was never so scared as that in all my life! Johnson Boller went on faintly.
gpt
I thought sure I'd have to watch it and--Anthony, it turned me so sick I could hardly stand on my feet!
human
What did?
gpt
The idea of seeing you shot down there, Mr. Boller said with a shudder.
human
Gad! I could picture the whole thing, Anthony! I could see him start and look at you both--I swear I could see him pull a gun from his pocket and shoot! I could see the blood spurting out of your forehead, Anthony, and hear the chicken screech, and it turned me so infernally sick----
gpt
Didn't think of any of my sensations, did you?
human
As a matter of fact--no, I didn't! muttered Johnson Boller, with another great shiver.
gpt
What do your confounded sensations matter, anyway? This whole affair is your fault, not mine! You deserve whatever you get--I don't! You've got nobody in the world to worry over you, but I've got a _wife_, Anthony!
human
You have mentioned it before.
gpt
And I'm likely to mention it again! said Mr. Boller savagely.
human
You know, Anthony, I'm about through with this thing! I'm a nervous man, and I can stand about so much suffering of my own, but I don't see the idea of taking on yours as well. And what is more, this thing of introducing this girl as my wife is----
gpt
Well? What is it?
human
It's very flattering in some ways, Miss--Miss Dalton, but for a man like me, who loves his wife, you know, and all that sort of thing----