human
Oh, he cried,
gpt
I’m afraid you would find some of those books rather dry reading. They are all law books. A good many of them are reports.
human
I know. That is what interests me so much. All my life my greatest ambition has been to be a lawyer.
gpt
Is that possible! cried the gentleman, evidently much pleased.
human
Well, well! So you would like to be a lawyer, would you? Why don’t you, then? I am sure you would make a good one.
gpt
There is nothing in the world I want so much, he answered.
human
But we have a big family, my father is not a rich man, and we have recently homesteaded on the Blue. There is an awful lot of work to be done by pioneers, and I don’t get much chance to read. Then, after a pause,
gpt
And besides I haven’t any books.
human
Would you read them if you had?
gpt
Yes, sir, I would, indeed,
human
Here, he said, taking down two volumes;