human
Courage, courage, my Son.--And as you pass by, just glance at our little garden;--we grieved to see the fine old palm-tree perish; but now a young and vigorous shoot is growing from the root.
gpt
It has been drooping since yesterday and will die away,
human
Water it, Gibbus! the palm-tree must be watered at once.
gpt
Aye, you have water at hand for that! retorted the leech, but he added bitterly as he reached the stairs,
human
If it were so in all cases!
gpt
Patience and good purpose will always win, murmured the old man; and when he was alone he growled on angrily:
human
Only be rid of that dry old palm-tree--his past life in all its relations to that patrician hussy Away with it, into the fire!--But how am I to get her? How can I manage it?