human
Well, said Mr. Grey, when David had finished,
gpt
I don't know your holding-out powers, Larkin, but you do certainly speak the truth without mincing.
human
That, said David,
gpt
And then?
human
Then, said David,
gpt
I shall smoke and I shall make love.
human
But no liquor.
gpt
I have a secret clause in my pledge, said he;
human
Well, said Mr. Grey,
gpt
I don't know as I'd go into apple-growing. You haven't got enough capital.
human
But, said David,
gpt
I intend to begin at the bottom and work up.
human
When I was a youngster, said Mr. Grey,
gpt
I began at the bottom of an apple tree and worked my way to the top. There I found a wasp's nest. Then I fell and broke both arms. That was a lesson to me. Don't go up for your pile, my boy. Go down. Go down into the beautiful earth, and take out the precious metals.
human
Good Heavens! exclaimed David;
gpt
I have a car hitched on to this train, said the magnate;
human
I'd be very glad of your company at dinner--seven-thirty. It's not every young man that I'd invite. But seeing that you're under bond not to make love until you've made good, I can see no objection to introducing you to my granddaughter.
gpt
Grandpa, said Miss Violet Grey, who was sixteen, spoiled, and exquisite,
human
Since when, said her grandfather,
gpt
Oh, said she with an approving shudder,
human
But, said Mr. Grey (Mr.
gpt
Iron Grey, some called him),
human
And when he comes out, said she,
gpt
I shall have returned from being finished in Europe.
human
Don't know what there is so attractive about these young Eastern ne'er-do-weels, said the old gentleman,
gpt
It's his inimitable truthfulness,
human
Not to me, said her grandfather,
gpt
Oh, she said,
human
And if I make him?
gpt
Why, said she,
human
Or, said her grandfather, who was used to her sudden fancies and subsequent disenchantments,