human
That's so, he said quietly, without the slightest trace of feeling.
gpt
It would be mighty queer if she wasn't. But I reckon I'll steer down to the ho-tel. I don't care much for this yellin'. (He was alluding to a cadenza of that famous cantatrice, Signora Batti Batti.)
human
What's the time?
gpt
You're looking at that watch, he said;
human
You have been outrageously swindled, I said, indignantly.
gpt
Watch and chain are not worth twenty dollars.
human
Are they worth fifteen?
gpt
Possibly.
human
Then I reckon it's a fair trade. Ye see, I told 'em I was a Californian from Solano, and hadn't anything about me of greenbacks. I had three slugs with me. Ye remember them slugs? (I did; the
gpt
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