human
Is it possible, Mr. Titmouse
gpt
Ah, how d'ye do, Gammon?--punctual!
human
Forgive me--but can it be, that the monstrous thing now before the door, with a crowd grinning around it, is _your carriage_?
gpt
I--rather--think--it _is_,
human
My _dear_ sir, replied Gammon, in a kind of agony,
gpt
I should rather think so,
human
He's been grossly imposing on you, sir!--Permit me to go at once and get you a proper vehicle.
gpt
Gentlemen, I appeal to _you_,
human
As for _me_, sir, replied the former, coolly, at the same time knocking off the ashes from his cigar;--
gpt
Ay--a--I confess I was a little shocked at first, but I think I'm getting over it now, lisped Mr. Fitz-Snooks, adjusting his shirt-collar, and then sipping a little of his brandy and water.
human
I look upon it, now, as an excellent joke; egad, it beats Chitterfield hollow, though _he_, too, has done a trick or two lately.
gpt
Did you purchase it as a joke, Mr. Titmouse?
human
Why--a--'pon my life --said Titmouse, with a desperate effort to appear at his ease--
gpt
We shall be hooted at, laughed at, wherever we go,
human
Exactly--that's the _novelty_ I like,