human
Too late now, said he;
gpt
Oh, said Edward the Third,
human
All serene! replied Henry.
gpt
Lucky job for you, prisoner. I know what a rage he'd be in over that toast-and-muffin story you've been telling about him. He'd have done you brown, my boy, I can promise you! Never mind. Now let's go on to the next. Read it out, Nigger.
human
There! cried the Conqueror, coming to the rail of the guillotine and striking it in a passion with his gauntlet;
gpt
Hanged,
human
All right, all right, said Henry the Eighth,
gpt
No, never; I hope I know my place better, said the Conqueror;
human
Got that all down, Nigger?
gpt
Yes. Forge ahead! said the Black Prince.
human
Now we come to the next, `William the Second, surnamed Rufus, shot in the New Forest, by Walter Tyrrell.'
gpt
Eh? shouted Rufus, pushing his father aside, and coming to the front.
human
What's that? Me shot by Walter? Me--
gpt
Do say _I_,
human
Oh! he cried,
gpt
The thing is, drawled Edward the Second,
human
Order in the court! cried Henry the Eighth.
gpt
Kindly allow me to conduct my own case. All you've got to say, Rufus, is whether it's true what he says, that Walter Tyrrell shot you?
human
Him! cried Rufus.
gpt
He couldn't hit a haystack a yard off, if he tried.
human
Then he didn't do it? That's all right. Why couldn't you have said so at once? All down, Nigger? That makes two lies. Now call up the next.
gpt
Henry the First, surnamed Beauclerk, never smiled again after his son was lost, and died of a surfeit of lampreys,
human
Oh, those lampreys! groaned Henry;
gpt
I am perfectly sick of them. I assure you, my lords and gentlemen, they were no more lampreys--
human
No, not after you'd done supper,
gpt
In that case, William, retorted Beauclerk,
human
I should have said `there,' and not `they.' But I do assure you, gentlemen, I never saw a lamprey in my life; and as for smiling again, added he, in quite an apologetic way,
gpt
I did it often, when nobody was by; _really I did_.
human
Are you sure? asked the judge.
gpt
Show us how you did it.