human
Something in your eye?
gpt
I don't know. It's felt off and on all day as though something was the matter with them both.
human
Want me to take a look at them?
gpt
Oh no--no, it's nothing.
human
By the way, you have a bad trick with your eyes. I've noticed it several times lately and intended to tell you about it. You have a way of rubbing them;--not rubbing them exactly, but pressing your finger in them. I'd quit that if I were you. If you must put your finger somewhere, put it on your nose. A man dealing with the stuff you do can't be too careful.
gpt
Why, what do you mean?
human
Simply what I say. One drop of some of those things you have out there would be--a drop too much.
gpt
Now, look here, you don't think I'm any such a bungler as that, do you?
human
Hum! You ought to know your medical history well enough to know that all the victims haven't been bunglers, by a long sight.
gpt
Well, don't worry about me; I'm not built for a victim. I may be run over by an automobile--anybody is liable to be run over by yours, the way you run that thing--but I'm not liable to be killed by my own sword. That's not the way I work.
human
Just the same, you'd better keep your hands out of your eyes!
gpt
All right, he agreed laughingly.
human
It does sound like a fool's trick. It's new to me;--didn't know that I did it.