human
I did not thank you last night,
gpt
Nonsense, Frank said, interrupting;
human
He is a good deal better, thanks to the food I was able to get for him; for, as you guessed, we have been nearly starving the last fortnight.
gpt
But why did you keep on working at such a place as this? Frank asked.
human
Why didn't you go on wages? There are plenty of men here who would be glad to take on an extra hand if they could get him.
gpt
I know it must seem utter folly, he said at last,
human
Pooh! Frank said;
gpt
That is just what I knew you would say, the young man replied,
human
Then why on earth do you keep on doing it?
gpt
I have a reason, a very particular reason, though I am not at liberty to explain it.
human
Well, then, there's no more to be said,