human
Anything fresh? Have you seen the Heales?
gpt
I have been praying with them. Don't be frightened. I am not likely to forget the lesson of this afternoon.
human
Then go to bed. It is full twelve o'clock.
gpt
Not yet, I fear. I want you to see old Willis. All is not right.
human
Ah! I thought the poor dear old man would kill himself. He has been working too hard, and presuming on his sailor's power of tumbling in and taking a dog's nap whenever he chose.
gpt
I have warned him again and again: but he was working so magnificently, that one had hardly heart to stop him. And beside, nothing would part him from his maid.
human
I don't wonder at that: quoth Tom to himself.
gpt
Is she with him?
human
No: he found himself ill; slipped home on some pretence; and will not hear of our telling her.
gpt
Noble old fellow! Caring for every one but himself to the last.