human
You give a party! Fiddlesticks! You'll do nothing of the sort.
gpt
Please, Mrs Nash, pleaded I,
human
And where do you expect to have it, I wonder? said she.
gpt
In the coal- cellar, I suppose? That's the only spot in the house that ain't occupied.
human
Oh, replied I, thinking it judicious to laugh at this facetious suggestion,
gpt
I'd like the parlour for that evening, if you could manage it, Mrs Nash.
human
What! are you going to ask all the fellows here to your party, then?
gpt
Oh, no. Couldn't you let them know the parlour's engaged for that evening?--just for once? You know I'd pay you something--
human
I dare say you would!--you'd pay anything, you would! And what are you going to give them all to eat, eh?
gpt
Oh, I'll see to that,