human
Cards! exclaimed Max.
gpt
I don't know anything about playing with them, and don't want to.
human
Why not? are you too pious?
gpt
I've always been taught that men gamble with cards, and that gambling is very wicked and disgraceful, quite as bad as getting drunk.
human
Pooh! you're a muff!
gpt
I'd rather be a muff than a gambler, any day,
human
Pshaw! 'tisn't gambling, unless you play for money, and I haven't asked you to do that, and don't propose to. Come now, take a hand, urged Ralph persuasively.
gpt
There isn't a bit more harm in it than in a game of ball.
human
But I don't know how,
gpt
I'll teach you, said Ralph.
human
You'll soon learn and will find it good sport.
gpt
Papa never said I shouldn't play in this way; only that gambling was very wicked, and I must never go where it was done.
human
Have a cigar? said Ralph, producing two, handing one to Max, and proceeding to light the other.
gpt
You smoke, of course; every gentleman does.