human
Nora, he said,
gpt
I'm soused.
human
You'd better go home, I whispered, for I was afraid he would get into trouble if one of the firm were to see him.
gpt
I'll finish your work for you. I know just how.
human
I'm not going home till _you_ do, said Fred.
gpt
I'm going with you. You'll take care of me, won't you, Nora?
human
O Fred, I said,
gpt
I tell you I'm going with you. I want to tell you all about myself. I never told you before. Got to tell you to-night.
human
I'd rather hear it to-morrow night.
gpt
Don't care what you'd rather. I'm going to tell you to-night,
human
But I go out on the bus with the girls, I said.
gpt
And that leaves at 5:30.
human
Tha' 's true, said Fred.
gpt
Tell you what I'll do. I'll start off now, and I'll meet you at the end of the yards when the bus comes out. See?
human
on me, he'd never let go
gpt
Well, sometimes he goes on a long drunk, for weeks at a time. It depends on who is with him. If he can get any one to drink with him, he'll keep on and on, once he's started. Once a prize-fighter just got a hold of him and punched him into sensibility, and he didn't touch a drop for a year afterward. He can, if he tries, sober up in a few hours. He goes months without touching a thing, and then all of a sudden he reverts.