human
This is rather better than Drury Lane, eh, Jack?
gpt
Rather, says Jack.
human
The only fear is about its being too far away for father.
gpt
Not at all, says the elder gentleman.
human
I'm better already for the walk every day. You've no idea how agreeable the streets are at three o'clock every morning.
gpt
Do you remember our first walk out this way, Fred, says Jack,
human
Yes, I do, indeed. We missed him, but we found Billy instead.
gpt
Yaas, and you was a nice pair of flats, you was, when I fust comed across you,
human
They're pulling down the court, I see, Billy,
gpt
They are so. 'Tain't no concern of mine, though, now she's hooked it.
human
Mr Hawkesbury will be almost sorry to see it pulled down, says Jack,
gpt
Poor Mr Hawkesbury! says Mary.
human
I wish he would have come to us to- day. But he says he would be happier at his regular work, and we hadn't the heart to urge him.
gpt
He's good deal happier now, though, says Fred,
human
Talking of pulling down places, says he,
gpt
I saw an advertisement to- day, Fred, of the sale of that valuable and desirable place, Stonebridge House.
human
Did you?
gpt
It seems a long while since we were there,
human
It's seven years six months and a week to-day since I left,
gpt
Why, how exact you are in your dates!
human
It was on the eighteenth of June, replies Fred.
gpt
I recollect it because it was on the twenty-first that I first met you.