human
Is Mr Wolstang in?
gpt
Mr who, sir?
human
Mr Wolstang, my dear.
gpt
Mr Wol---- Mr who, sir?--I did not hear you.
human
Mr Wolstang.
gpt
Mr Wolstang!
human
Assuredly, I ask you if Mr Wolstang is within.
gpt
Mr Wolstang! reiterated she.
human
Ha ha, ha! how droll you are to-day, master!
gpt
Damnation! what do you mean? cried I in a fury, which I now found it impossible to suppress,
human
Tell me this instant if Mr Wolstang, your master, is at home, or by the beard of Socrates, I--I----
gpt
Ha, ha! this is the queerest thing I ever heard of, said the little jade, retreating into the house, and holding her sides with laughter.
human
Come here, Barnabas, and hear our master asking for himself.
gpt
Come now, my dear--conduct me to your master--I am sure he is within. This only set her a-laughing more than ever; not a word could I get out of her. At last Barnabas made his appearance from the kitchen, and to him I addressed myself.
human
Barnabas, said I, laying my hand upon his arm,
gpt
I conjure you, as you value my happiness, to tell me if Mr Wolstang is at home?
human
Sir!
gpt
Did you ask, replied he,
human
In what place is he, then?
gpt
Wherever you are, he is not far off, I warrant you, master.
human
Can I find him in his study?
gpt
O yes, continued Barnabas;
human
and I could see the fellow put his finger to his nose and wink to the girl, who kept tittering away in a corner. As soon as I was in the study she burst into a loud laugh, which ended by her declaring that I must be mad--
gpt
Or drunk,
human
This must be Wolstang, thought I: