human
Do you know what the bogey for the course is? said he.
gpt
It's seventy-eight. Do you know what your handicap is? It's twenty.
human
Well?
gpt
Well, said Jimmie, who ever tempered his speech to his hearer's understanding,
human
Eighty-eight--ninety-eight,
gpt
Right, said Jimmie.
human
Well, you start at the first tee and play ninety-eight strokes. Where the ball lies after the ninety-eighth, you plant the card with your name on it. And that's all.
gpt
Suppose after my ninety-eighth stroke that my ball lies in the pond?
human
If that happens, he said,
gpt
I haven't got anybody to go around with, said the major.
human
I didn't know there was going to be a tournament till it was too late to ask any one to play with me.