human
Bad news? asked his father.
gpt
Here's bad news for me at any rate. What do you think, Arabella? Carter finds that horse he wrote about as likely to suit me to a T, has just been picked up. It's uncommonly annoying. Do you think your uncle has anything that would do for me, Jack?
human
I don't know, said Jack,
gpt
I haven't seen his stables lately.
human
You seem to me making a mull of matters with your uncle, said his father, pouring out his coffee from a peculiar machine of his own.
gpt
I have never interfered, for I think his manners are insufferable, but if you don't object to them you might have done better, I should say.
human
Well, I don't know, said Jack brightly.
gpt
I dare say I should think so if I were you; but being myself, I don't exactly see what I could have done.
human
Couldn't you marry that girl?
gpt
She didn't care to marry me, he said stiffly.
human
Whew! said his father, lifting his eyebrows.
gpt
Not enough money, I suppose?
human
I doubt that influencing her,
gpt
Well, you'd better look out, for I hear there's a man of the name of Trent a good deal at Hetherton, and your uncle swears by him. It's quite certain we never get any luck in our family.