human
Now, Orlando, repeated the admiral, with a wave of his pipe--
gpt
Admiral Havenful, said Mr. Toosypegs in terror,
human
Pah! said the admiral, with a look of intense disgust at his obtuseness,
gpt
I didn't mean that. I want to know what's up, where the wind sits; what you keep cruising off and on that cottage for all the time. Now, then, hold hard!
human
It's my intention to hold hard, Admiral Havenful, replied Mr. Toosypegs, blushing like a beet-root.
gpt
But I'd rather not mention what takes me there, if it's all the same to you. It's a secret, locked deep in the unfathomable recesses of this here bosom; and I never mean to reveal it to anybody till I'm a melancholy corpse in the skies. You'll excuse me, Admiral Havenful; a fellow can't always restrain his tears, you know; and I feel so miserable, thank you, of late, that it's a consolation even to cry,
human
Now, Orlando, you just hold on a minute--will you? said the admiral, facing briskly round, with much the same air as an unfeeling dentist who determines to have your tooth out whether you will or not;
gpt
Admiral Havenful, I'm happy to say she has not. I felt pretty badly about Miss Pet, there, one time; but I have got nicely over that. It wasn't near so dangerous as I expected it would be; but this--this is. The way I feel sometimes, Admiral Havenful, is awful to contemplate. I can't sleep nor eat, and I don't take no pleasure even in my new pantaloons with the blue stripe down the side. I often lie awake nights crying now, and I wish I had never been born! I do wish it! said Mr. Toosypegs, with a sudden howl.
human
Where's the good of it, if a fellow's going to be made miserable this way, I want to know?
gpt
Orlando Toosypegs, said the admiral, rising, sternly,
human
--here the admiral raised his glazed hat, and looked reverently at a blue-bottle fly on the ceiling--