human
Is that it?
gpt
It ain't, then, Murphy returned.
human
It got on the Branch 'stead of the Mountain Special, by mistake. It's a lunger bound for the lakes, and some one gave him a twist as to the track an' we caught 'im. But shure, the rale thing, the parson, when I was after tellin' 'im of the job what was at this end of the game, he up and balked--divil take 'im!--an' said he wasn't goin' to tie for time and eternity, two unknown quantities. What do ye think of that?
gpt
Say, Murphy continued,
human
Come off with that guff! he drawled.
gpt
What hurry there be is _my_ hurry, you blamed idiot! And my reasons are my own, confound you! I've set my mind on having that affair come off to-morrow, gol durn it, and I'm going to have a parson if I have to dangle down to the Junction on that old machine of yours, myself.
human
Excuse me, he began, in a voice of peculiar sweetness and earnestness,
gpt
I wonder if I can be of any service? I am a minister!
human
The hell you are!
gpt
I am. My name's Drew, Ralph Drew.