human
Very good in you to come to town to see me--very good in you, cousin; and in you too, Mr. Dale. How very well you are both looking. I'm a sad wreck. You might count every bone in my body.
gpt
Hazeldean air and roast beef will soon set you up, my boy, said the Squire kindly.
human
You were a great goose to leave them, and these comfortable rooms of yours in the Albany.
gpt
They _are_ comfortable, though not showy, said the Captain, with tears in his eyes.
human
I had done my best to make them so. New carpets--this very chair--(morocco!)--that Japan cat (holds toast and muffins)--just when--(the tears here broke forth, and the Captain fairly whimpered)--just when that ungrateful, bad-hearted man wrote me word 'he was--was dying and lone in the world;' and--and--to think what I've gone through for him!--and to treat me so. Cousin William, he has grown as hale as yourself, and--and--
gpt
Cheer up, cheer up! cried the compassionate Squire.
human
It is a very hard case, I allow. But you see, as the old proverb says, ''tis ill waiting for a dead man's shoes;' and in future--I don't mean offense--but I think if you would calculate less on the livers of your relations, it would be all the better for your own. Excuse me.
gpt
Cousin William, replied the poor Captain,
human
I am sure I never calculated; but still, if you had seen that deceitful man's good-for-nothing face--as yellow as a guinea--and have gone through all I've gone through, you would have felt cut to the heart as I do. I can't bear ingratitude. I never could. But let it pass. Will that gentleman take a chair?
gpt
Mr. Fairfield has kindly called with us, because he knows something of this system of homoeopathy which you have adopted, and may, perhaps, know the practitioner. What is the name of your doctor?
human
That reminds me, (swallowing a globule.) A great relief these little pills--after the physic I've taken to please that malignant man. He always tried his doctor's stuff upon me. But there's another world, and a juster!
gpt
Touched, muttered the Squire, with his forefinger on his forehead.
human
You seem to have a good tidy sort of nurse here, Cousin Barnabas. I hope she's pleasant, and lively, and don't let you take on so.
gpt
Hist! don't talk of her. All mercenary; every bit of her fawning. Would you believe it? I give her ten shillings a week, besides all that goes down of my pats of butter and rolls, and I overheard the jade saying to the laundress that 'I could not last long; and she'd--EXPECTATIONS!' Ah, Mr. Dale, when one thinks of the sinfulness there is in this life! But I'll not think of it. No--I'll not. Let us change the subject You were asking my doctor's name? It is--
human
DR. MORGAN.
gpt
How go the symptoms?
human
Bless me! Lord bless me! What, more still! Death would be a very happy release!