human
Good lack, I envy thee, Chris! he said.
gpt
Never a maiden looked on me with such adorable eyes.
human
I did not mark her eyes,
gpt
No, you had eyes for the old man alone, said he.
human
I warrant she will look on me otherwise when I go hence, for the general charged me, if all was well with you, to convey the prisoner straightly back to camp. What am I to tell him of you, Chris?
gpt
It needs not that you tell him anything, I answered.
human
I shall come with you.
gpt
Tush, man, ’twill be a month ere you can sit a horse in any comfort, said he.
human
I know that, though I am no leech. And something whispers me that your fighting days are over. Never again shall we outface the murderous cannon together, never again mount side by side into the deadly breach. Alack, old lad, and wellaway!
gpt
You talk a deal of nonsensical nothing, Toby, said I.
human
My organs are sound enough; shall I cease to bear arms for a paltry poke i’ the leg?
gpt
Ah, lad, I doubt your organs be not so sound as you suppose; and saying this he sighed again, and smiled whimsically when I asked him if I had unawares been wounded in another part.
human
Time will show, said he.
gpt
Now I must get me to horse, though I dread the lady’s anger when I tell her I must take her father hence.
human
She received me sweetly, he said,