human
Gad, said the Squire, rather astonished,
gpt
And as to diet? What shall I have for dinner?
human
A friend!
gpt
Zounds! cried the Squire, retreating,
human
Sir, said Dr. Morgan, gravely,
gpt
I mean to say, that it matters little what we eat, in comparison with care as to whom we eat with. It is better to exceed a little with a friend, than to observe the strictest regimen, and eat alone. Talk and laughter help the digestion, and are indispensable in affections of the liver. I have no doubt, sir, that it was my patient's agreeable society that tended to restore to health his dyspeptic relative, Mr. Sharpe Currie.
human
And, therefore, if one of you gentlemen will stay and dine with Mr. Higginbotham, it will greatly assist the effects of his medicine.
gpt
I'm engaged to dine with my son--very sorry, said the Squire.
human
But Dale, here--
gpt
If he will be so kind, put in the Captain,
human
But I must have some talk with you; and you have to tell me all about the little orphan girl.
gpt
I am going into the country a few miles to see a patient, said the Doctor;