human
It's no sort o' use you being in a hurry, said he.
gpt
I've found you out; why not make the best of it?
human
What am I to do for you?
gpt
You'll see in good time. Sorry I've put you to inconvenience, but if you weren't passing for what you ain't you wouldn't feel it so; so you see, Ned Ryan, playing the gent has its drawbacks. Now, after me having crossed the whole blessed world to speak to you, it would be roughish if you refused me your best ear; now wouldn't it?
human
You have just landed, then? said Miles; and added, after a pause,
gpt
I hoped you were dead.
human
Thanks, returned the other, in the tone of coarse irony that he had employed from the beginning.
gpt
Being one as returns good for evil, I don't mind saying I was never so glad as when I clapped eyes on you yesterday--alive and safe.
human
Yesterday! Where?
gpt
Never mind where. But I ain't just landed--Oh, no!