human
Who are you? What's your name?
gpt
Fred Batchelor,
human
Batchelor, eh? Are you a backward or a troublesome, eh?
gpt
Oh, but you're _bound_ to know! he exclaimed.
human
What did they send you here for, eh?
gpt
Hurrah! said he, when I had done.
human
Hurrah, you're a troublesome! That makes seven troublesomes, and only two backwards!
gpt
Yes, said he,
human
added he confidentially,
gpt
Is there another new boy too?
human
Oh! he's coming to-morrow. Never mind! Even if he's a `back' it don't matter, except for the glory of the thing! The `troubs' were always ahead all Ladislaw's time, and he's no chicken. I say, come in the playground, can't you?
gpt
Hail fellow, well met,