human
Poor old chap! said Doubleday;
gpt
As if a fellow mayn't get screwed without his interfering,
human
It's nothing of the sort, said I, as usual taking in earnest what was meant as a jest;
gpt
I was never screwed.
human
Never mind, said Doubleday,
gpt
I don't want to, I said;
human
Afford your great-grandmother! Why, a fellow who can entertain the whole lot of us as you did can't be so very hard up, can he, Wallop? So come, none of your gammon. You're coming with us to-night, my boy, and old Bull's-eye can sit and scowl at himself in the looking-glass if he likes.