human
Stepper, said Honor,
gpt
I have, said her stepfather.
human
I've got the words here and I'm messing about for some music to go with them.
gpt
Wait a minute! Here's Jimsy! I'll call him! She sped to the door and hailed him, and he came swiftly in.
human
Hello! How was practice?
gpt
Fair. Burke was better. Tried him on the end. 'Lo, Mr. Lorimer. 'Lo, Carter!
human
I've got a poem here you'll all like, said Stephen Lorimer.
gpt
No, you needn't shuffle your feet, Jimsy. It's your kind. Sit down, all of you. I'll read it.
human
So long as it hasn't got any 'whate'ers' and yestereves' and 'beauteous,' the last King grinned.
gpt
Shoot!
human
It's an English thing, by Henry Newbolt,--about cricket, but that doesn't matter. It's the thing itself. I may not have the words exactly,--I read it over there, and copied it down in my diary, from memory.