human
Whatever's the matter with you? I asked, when this performance had been going on for some time
gpt
Oh my!--ain't it a game?
human
What's a game?
gpt
Why--oh, ain't you a flat, though?--why, them there boots!
human
What boots? Why can't you talk sense?
gpt
Why, that there bloke's boots. When I was a-shinin' of 'em, if the sole of one on 'em don't come clean off!
human
I don't see anything so very amusing in that,
gpt
He's gone off to get 'em sewed on, continued the boy, beaming all over;
human
He will have to get a new pair,
gpt
Why, he ain't _got_ the browns. He's a-saving up, but it'll be a month afore he's got the brass.
human
And it's been a-rainin' all day, continued he, jocularly
gpt
Poor fellow! said I.
human
I wish I could lend him a pair of mine.
gpt
Ga on!
human
I say, guv'nor, said he, in a sudden mysterious tone,
gpt
Yes--what?