human
What would Jack think?
gpt
I'm glad you've come, said he, sweetly smiling;
human
I was afraid you would be prevented.
gpt
No, I'd nothing to prevent me,
human
I fancied you would prefer staying with your friend Smith, or that he might not like you to come.
gpt
Smith is working late at the office to-night,
human
Now you fellows! cried Doubleday,
gpt
What's the joke about the lobster?
human
There was no joke about it, I can tell you that! said Whipcord, with a significant grimace;
gpt
Well, I don't know, said Daly, looking mysterious;
human
What's that?
gpt
It was paid for!
human
They're rather down on you,
gpt
Oh, they like their little joke,
human
So they do--who's got the butter? said Doubleday--
gpt
I don't know, said I, relieved again to divert the talk from myself, and glad at the same time to put in a mild word for my friend,
human
I think Smith has a good deal of fun in him.
gpt
I'd like to know where he keeps it, said Crow;
human
I never saw it.
gpt
Oh! I did, said Hawkesbury,
human
Why don't you bring this mysterious Mr Smith down to show to us one evening? asked Whipcord.
gpt
We're always hearing about him. I'd like to see him, wouldn't you, Twins?
human
Very,
gpt
I'm not sure, said I,
human
I hope he doesn't think it's wrong to visit,
gpt
No, not that, said I, sorry I had embarked on the subject;
human
I should rather say he doesn't! said Crow--
gpt
I think, said Hawkesbury, mildly,
human
Yes, said I, ready to follow up this lead,
gpt
Besides, said Hawkesbury,
human
I beg your pardon, said Hawkesbury, suddenly perceiving his error,
gpt
I meant that he has very few friends at all; isn't that so, Batchelor?
human
Yes, said I,
gpt
Wasn't he in a grocer's shop, or some place of the kind, before he came to us?
human
Yes,
gpt
No wonder he's a rough lot, said Whipcord.
human
I should have thought his governor might have done better for him than that.
gpt
But, I said, feeling flurried by all this, and hardly knowing what I said,
human
What do you mean?
gpt
Eh, what about his father?
human
Oh, said I,
gpt
Where, Botany Bay?