human
I thought it would be comparatively easy to operate on him, or get some surgeon better qualified than I to do it, wrote the hospital doctor.
gpt
But, after a consultation, we have decided that it would be dangerous, and so, as far as we can see, there is no hope for your friend. He will not die--in fact, he is much stronger than he was--but he will be unable to speak or hear. He will write you himself shortly, he indicated to me. Just at present he is too down-hearted to do so.
human
Poor fellow, murmured Helen, sympathetically,
gpt
I should think he would be. Isn't it just perfectly terrible, Joe?
human
It certainly is hard luck!
gpt
Can't anything be done?
human
I don't see what, was the moody answer.
gpt
I was planning to--oh, well, no matter.
human
Go on, tell me,
gpt
No. There isn't any use now, he said.
human
I--I can't do what I intended to, that's all. Poor Benny.
gpt
Yes; poor Benny,