human
Thought I'd call and pay my respects, says Mr Doubleday, bobbing to the ladies.
gpt
Jolly snug little box you've got here, too.
human
Yes, it is snug,
gpt
Glad to see you settled down before I go, says the other.
human
Settled down both here and at Hawk Street too, eh?
gpt
I'm awfully sorry you're going abroad, says Jack,
human
Oh, I'll soon be back. You see, it's rather a good offer, this Bombay agency, and I'm bound to have to hop over to the old country every now and then to look you up.
gpt
The oftener the better,
human
I say, Smith, excuse my saying it, but I'm very glad you ever came to Hawk Street, and I may as well tell you so.
gpt
I know what you're going to say, but it's a fact. Batch here thinks so too.
human
Fact is, says Doubleday,
gpt
I don't know how you did the trick, but you've drawn more than one of us out of Queer Street.
human
What do you-- begins Jack, but Doubleday continues,
gpt
Of course you'll deny it, but no one believes you; do they, Batch? Why, even Crow was saying yesterday--
human
That's Flanikin,