human
Those are not my usual cookies,
gpt
That’s all right, he answered.
human
You know they never were.
gpt
Now I deny it, Gorham Page, rejoined Miss Berry warmly.
human
I was never one to make excuses all the time, and you can’t say I was; not truthfully you can’t.
gpt
These are exactly right, anyway, returned the other calmly.
human
There never was a cookie outside this house that tasted as good.
gpt
Oh now, that’s silly, Mr. Gorham,
human
No, it is sound sense. I feel old, and tired of things very often. If I could only get hold of one of these at such moments, I should be young again in a minute, with an appetite for everything. If you should some day receive a telegram asking for a cookie, you may know that I need to be rejuvenated, and mail me one at once.
gpt
Have you forgotten my currant wine?
human
Well, I guess not! But you never let me know where you kept that.
gpt
No sir, indeed I didn’t. You set where you are, and I’ll fetch it out.
human
I am sure I’m a big boy now, he laughed, as he poured the wine,
gpt
Pretty near every year after you was ten years old till you went to college.