human
I will send up Stork,
gpt
Do so by all means, sir,
human
Mr. Leveridge, said he,
gpt
I only sketched a not over-scrupulous lawyer, protested Joseph.
human
Why should you put the cap on your own head?
gpt
Because it fits. It is myself you have put into your book, and by no legal process can I get out of it. I shall not be competent to advise the magistrates on the bench, and, good heavens! what a mess they will get into. I do not know whether your fellow-clerk can carry on the business. _I have been used up._ I'll tell you what. You go away; I want you no more at the office. Whenever you revisit Swanton you will see only the ruins of the respected firm of Stork. It cannot go on when I am not in it, but in your book.
human
There was not much in me, said he,
gpt
Oh, mother, I have written a novel, and have put into it the people of Swanton--and so have had to leave.
human
My dear Joe, said the old lady,
gpt
I was so afraid of using my imagination,