human
Well, you are a nice fellow,
gpt
I was dead beat and worn out, Hubert said apologetically.
human
How is the Emperor?
gpt
His Majesty is doing as well as I can expect. It is a very bad case, however. I have left him in competent hands, so that I could run down here. They were asking for you at the hospital, presuming that you were busy somewhere. The place is full, and so are four houses in the nearest terrace.
human
Spreading like that?
gpt
Spreading like that! By this time to-morrow we shall have a thousand cases on our hands. The authorities are doing everything they can to help us, fresh doctors and nurses and stores are coming in all the time.
human
You turn people out of their houses to make way then?