human
Twenty years ago, continued the Pasha slowly and with a touch of pathos in his tone,
gpt
I received this cut from a boy in a fight at school, (Lancey thought that the boy must have been a bold fellow),
human
(Lancey thought that, on the whole, it would have been well if the man had left him to drown.)
gpt
The name of the boy and the name of the man was the same. It was Jacob Lancey!
human
Jacob Lancey, continued the Pasha in a familiar tone that sent a thrill to the heart of his visitor,
gpt
Oh Sandy, Sandy! he said, in a voice of forced calmness, while he shook his head reproachfully,
human
Lancey, my boy--it is quite refreshing to use these old familiar words again,--I am no more a Mohammedan than you are.
gpt
Then you're a 'ypocrite,
human
By no means,--at least I hope not, said the Pasha, with a smile and a slightly troubled look.
gpt
Surely there is a wide space between a thoroughly honest man and an out-and-out hypocrite. I came here with no religion at all. They took me by the hand and treated me kindly. Knowing nothing, I took to anything they chose to teach me. What could a youth do? Now I am what I am, and I cannot change it.
human
Sandy, my old friend, as I used to all but worship, nominal May'omedan though you be, it's right glad I am to--
gpt
Well, well, said the Pasha, smiling, and drawing a great cloud from his chibouk,
human
I'm as glad as yourself, and not the less so that I've been able to do you some small service in the way of preventing your neck from being stretched; and that brings me to the chief point for which I have brought you to my palace, namely, to talk about matters which concern yourself, for it is obvious that you cannot remain in this country in time of war with safety unless you have some fixed position. Tell me, now, where you have been and what doing since we last met in Scotland, and I will tell you what can be done for you in Turkey.