human
as Jameson called his resolve.
gpt
I'll tell you what it is, old fellow, he said,
human
He's become just as great a bore as that old Rameses, said he.
gpt
I'm sick of the whole concern, and I don't think anything of fresh dates, that you fellows make such a fuss about. As for that stupid old Nile--there ain't a fish worth eating comes out of it. And those old Egyptians were arrant humbugs. I haven't seen a lotus since I came here, and they made such a fuss about them too.
human
Oh, my dear! said she,
gpt
I would give my ears to spend a Christmas in the fine old fashion in a good ancient manor-house in the country.
human
There is nothing remarkable in that,
gpt
Not to you, maybe; but there would be to us. What we read of and make pictures of in our fancies, that is what you live. Your facts are our fairy tales. Look at your hunting.
human
That, if you like, is fun, threw in Jameson.
gpt
But I don't myself think anything save Luxor can be a bigger bore than country-house life at Christmas time--when all the boys are back from school.
human
With us, said the little American,
gpt
Why do they not import foxes?
human
Because a fox would not keep to the road. Our farmers object pretty freely to trespass; so the hunting must of necessity be done on the highway, and the game is but a bag of anise seed. I would like to see an English meet and a run.
gpt
Oh, dear me! said the Yankee lady.
human
If but that chef could be persuaded to give us plum-puddings for Christmas, I would try to think I was in England.
gpt
Plum-pudding is exploded, said Jameson.
human
Only children ask for it now. A good trifle or a tipsy-cake is much more to my taste; but this hanged cook here can give us nothing but his blooming custard pudding and burnt sugar.
gpt
I do not think it would be wise to let him attempt a plum-pudding, said the English lady.
human
But if we can persuade him to permit me I will mix and make the pudding, and then he cannot go far wrong in the boiling and dishing up.
gpt
That is the only thing wanting to make me perfectly happy, said the American.
human
I'll confront monsieur. I am sure I can talk him into a good humour, and we shall have our plum-pudding.
gpt
Goodwill towards men.