human
My clothes--Couldn't I? You see--What do think could be done about them?
gpt
O don't get new clothes yet. You see, my great-grandfather is an antiquarian, and he will want to see you just as you are. And, you know, I mustn't preach to you, but surely it wouldn't be right for you to take away people's pleasure of studying your attire, by just going and making yourself like everybody else. You feel that, don't you?
human
O certainly, certainly.
gpt
Well, said he, pleasantly,
human
Could I get some tobacco and a pipe?
gpt
Of course, said he;
human
Maiden, would you kindly hold our horse while we go in for a little?
gpt
What a beautiful creature!
human
What, old Greylocks?
gpt
No, no, said I;
human
Goldylocks,--the lady.
gpt
Well, so she is, said he.
human
said he, becoming very grave,
gpt
I don't say that it does not happen even now, sometimes. For you know love is not a very reasonable thing, and perversity and self-will are commoner than some of our moralists think. He added, in a still more sombre tone:
human
Yes, only a month ago there was a mishap down by us, that in the end cost the lives of two men and a woman, and, as it were, put out the sunlight for us for a while. Don't ask me about it just now; I may tell you about it later on.