human
What the devil's the gude of this eternal bleat? You'm allus snarlin' an' gnashin' your teeth 'gainst God, like a rat bitin' the stick that's killin' it.
gpt
And why should God kill me? You've grown so wise of late, perhaps you know.
human
Why shouldn't He? Why shouldn't He kill you, or any other man, if He wants the room of un for a better? Not that I believe parson's stuff more 'n you; but grizzlin' your guts to fiddlestrings won't mend your fortune. Best to put your time into work, 'stead o' talk--same as me an' Bonus. And as for my money, you knaw right well if theer'd been two thousand 'stead of wan, I'd have shared it with Chris.
gpt
Easy to say! If there had been two, you would have said, 'If it was only four'! That's human nature.
human
Ban't my nature, anyway, to tell a lie!
gpt
Perhaps it's your nature to do worse. What were you about last Christmas?