human
I never saw a man look happier that you-all do right now,
gpt
And you never saw anybody who felt happier than I do with this melon slipping down my throat, Wellesly responded.
human
I feel now as if I should never want to do anything but swallow wet things all the rest of my life. By the way, did one of you fellows stand beside me a long time yesterday, coaxing me to lie still?
gpt
Yes, said Nick,
human
ONCE HE CAME UPON HUMAN BONES, WITH SHREDS OF CLOTHING.
gpt
Well, I guess you saved my life, then. For if you hadn't kept me quiet I'd have fought all creation for water. The notion took hold of me that I was a helpless baby and that my mother was beside me, turning a crank and making it rain into my mouth, and that all I had to do was to lie still and listen to her voice and hold my mouth open so that the drops could trickle down my throat. Lord! How good they did feel! That was how I happened to lie still so contentedly.
human
Nick could quiet a whole insane asylum when he gets on that Blarneystone brogue of his,