human
Now I know why you stuck to the jumping,
gpt
Elucidate,
human
Here it is right in our lively little daily. Oxford and Cambridge-Yale-Harvard meet arranged. Teams about evenly matched. Sail for England July 2nd, and a whole string of likely candidates in which I see your name.
gpt
O, but I'm a Freshman, and a Freshman can't compete in 'Varsity matches,
human
You won't be a Freshman after June 17th, you bonehead, returned the Codfish joyfully,
gpt
But there's Hotchkiss. He's better than I am, and a Junior.
human
He'll be a Senior, don't you savez, but that will make mighty little difference if you can outjump him. They will take only the best, or I'm a galoot.
gpt
You generally are, Codfish, but I'll work my head off to make that team.
human
You've nearly worked it off already, and you've got to make that team. Pictures in the papers, details of your early life, moving stories about your many virtues, weeping relatives at the dock as the ship sails out of the bay and all that sort of thing. I can see it all now.
gpt
Now I wish I had been a jumper. We'll read the cable dispatches every day. You're bound to make it.
human
Don't count your chickens, said Frank,