human
What's to be done then? How are we to get out of this?
gpt
Why, said I,
human
Ho! ho! ho! ho! he shouted.
gpt
The guinea is gone.
human
Gone! I exclaimed; and I felt my knees began to shake under me.
gpt
Gone--where--how.
human
I gave it to the wife of that poor devil of a scene-shifter who broke his arm last week; he had four children, and they were starving. What could I do but give it to them? Had it been ten times as much they should have had it.
gpt
Why do you laugh,
human
Who the devil could help it; he replied;
gpt
Well, said I,
human
For which she will lay an embargo on our little effects--three black wigs and a low-comedy pair of breeches--this must be prevented.
gpt
But how?
human
How? never mind; but order dinner directly.
gpt
Dinner! said I;
human
Go and do as I tell you, he replied.
gpt
Order dinner--beef-steak and oyster-sauce.
human
Beef-steak! Are you mad
gpt
Who knows? thought I, after he was gone,
human
I have done it! said he, slapping me on the back;
gpt
Briefly then, said he,
human
I have been to the billiard-room, and every other lounging-place about town, where I circulated, in the most mysterious manner, a report that a celebrated German doctor and philosopher, who had discovered the secret of resuscitating the dead, had arrived in Loughrea.
gpt
How ridiculous!
human
Don't be in a hurry. This philosopher, he added,
gpt
Well. said I,
human
That you must play the philosopher in the churchyard.
gpt
Me!
human
Certainly, you're the very figure for the part.
gpt
Doctor, said she, addressing me,
human
I know what you're about here.
gpt
This is my poor late husband's tomb.
human
I know it, I answered.
gpt
I mean to exercise my art upon him first. He shall be restored to your arms this very night.
human
I'm sure, doctor, said she,
gpt
I'm greatly obliged to you. Peter was the best of husbands--but he has now been dead six months--and--I am--married again.
human
Humph! said I,
gpt
No, no, doctor; let the poor man rest quietly, and here is a trifle for your trouble.
human
This alters the case, said I,