human
Don't you know me, scarf-pin?
gpt
Not a bit,
human
I'm Tom Drift's old watch.
gpt
You don't say so! So you are! How ever did you come here? Did he pawn you?
human
No; I was stolen from him one night at the music-hall, and pawned here by the thief.
gpt
Ah, that music-hall! groaned the pin;
human
When I left him, I said,
gpt
Hold hard! what friend?
human
Charlie Newcome, my first master; they had a quarrel the day I was stolen.
gpt
That must be nearly two years ago?
human
Just, said I.
gpt
Do tell me what has happened since then.
human
It's a long story,
gpt
Never mind, we've nothing else to do here,
human
Well, said the pin,
gpt
He was utterly drunk,
human
Don't you interrupt, said the pin,
gpt
Tom never turned up at all until the next morning; and he sat all that day in his chair, and did nothing but look at the wall in front of him.
human
Poor fellow!
gpt
There you go! said the pin;
human
I only meant that I could imagine how miserable he was that day, said I;