human
Gentlemen!
gpt
Confound ye for a clumsy rascal! Will ye keep them elbers o' yourn to out o' my weskit, eh? Will ye keep them big feet o' yourn to yeself? If there ain't room enough for ye,--out ye go, d'ye hear--I'll have ye took, and shook,--and throwed out where ye belong; so jest mind where ye come a trampin', and a treadin'.
human
Tread! repeated Adam,
gpt
Lord! where am I to tread? If I steps backward I tread on ye,--If I steps sideways I tread on ye, if I steps for-ard I tread on ye. It do seem to me as I can't go nowhere but there you be a-waitin' to be trod on, Mr. Grimes, sir.
human
Gentlemen! you have all had an opportunity to examine the furniture I am about to dispose of, and, as fair minded human beings I think you will admit that a finer lot of genuine antique was never offered at one and the same time. Gentlemen, I am not going to burst forth into laudatory rodomontade, (which is a word, gentlemen that I employ only among an enlightened community such as I now have the honour of addressing),--neither do I propose to waste your time in purposeless verbiage, (which is another of the same kind, gentlemen),--therefore, without further preface, or preamble, we will proceed at once to business. The first lot I have to offer you is a screen,--six foot high,--bring out the screen, Theodore! There it is, gentlemen,--open it out, Theodore! Observe, Gentlemen it is carved rosewood, the panels hand painted, and representing shepherds, and shepherdesses, disporting themselves under a tree with banjo and guitar. Now what am I offered for this hand-painted, antique screen,--come?
gpt
Fifteen shillings!
human
Start as low as you like, gentlemen! I am offered a miserable fifteen shillings for a genuine, hand-painted--
gpt
Sixteen!
human
A pound!
gpt
A guinea!
human
Twenty-five shillin's!
gpt
At twenty-five shillings! cried the Auctioneer,
human
Theer be that Job Jagway, sir, said Adam, leaning across the side-board to impart this information,--
gpt
The next lot I'm going to dispose of, gentlemen, is a fine set of six chairs with carved antique backs, and upholstered in tapestry. Also two arm-chairs to match,--wheel 'em out, Theodore! Now what is your price for these eight fine pieces,--look 'em over and bid accordingly.
human
Thirty shillings!
gpt
Ha! ha!--you joke sir! laughed the Auctioneer, rubbing his hands in his most jovial manner,
human
Three pound!
gpt
Guineas!
human
Four pound!
gpt
Four pound ten!
human
Five!
gpt
Six pound ten!
human
Seven!
gpt
Eight!
human
Ten!
gpt
Eleven!