human
Very well, sir, he said, pulling up his collar, as if he had whiskers to push it down,
gpt
To be sure, and to your ripe judgment and almost patriarchal experience, Kit. Then be it known to you, aged youth, that you have not shown hoar sagacity. You do not even know who the lady is whom you have honoured with your wise addresses.
human
And I don't care a d----n who she is, cried Kit,
gpt
My son, you are turbulent and hasty. Your wisdom has left you suddenly. Your manners also; or you would not swear in the presence of your father.
human
Sir, I was wrong; and I beg your pardon. But I think that I learned the first way of it from you.
gpt
Kit, Kit, recall that speech! You must have gone altogether dreaming lately. My discourse is always moderate, and to the last degree professional. However, in spite of the generous impulse, which scarcely seems natural at your threescore years and ten, it does seem a needful precaution to learn the name, style, and title of the lady whom you will vow to love, honour, and--obey.
human
Her name, cried Kit, without any sense of legal phrase and jingle,
gpt
Her name, said Mr. Sharp, setting his face for the conquest of this boy, and fixing keen hard eyes upon him,
human
Why, my man, is this beyond your experience of life?