human
I say, do you know Jack Smith at Packworth?
gpt
Know him--old Jack Smith? Should think I do.
human
You do? cried I, delighted, springing to my feet and knocking over a whole pyramid of loaves.
gpt
Oh, I _am_ glad. It's him I want to see.
human
Is it now? said the fellow,
gpt
Grave-digging, no! I cried.
human
Jack Smith and I were at school together--
gpt
Oh, my eye, that's a good 'un; you at school with old Jack Smith! Oh, that'll do, that'll do!
human
But I really was, repeated I,
gpt
You was? How long before you was born was it; oh my eye, eh?
human
It was only last year.
gpt
Last year, and old Jack lost the last tooth out of his head last year too.
human
What! has he had his teeth out?
gpt
Yes, and all his hair off since you was at school with him,
human
What do you mean?
gpt
Oh, don't ask me. Old Jack Smith!
human
He's not old, said I,
gpt
My eyes, you _will_ find him growed!
human
Has he?
gpt
Ain't he! He's growed a lump since you was at school together,
human
What is he doing?
gpt
Oh, the same old game, on'y he goes at it quieter nor he used. Last Sunday that there bell-ringing regular blowed him out, the old covey.
human
Bell-ringing; old covey. That's not the Jack Smith I mean!
gpt
What! roared my companion,
human
No, who?
gpt
Why, old Jack Smith, the sexton, what was eighty-two last Christmas! You wasn't at school with him! Oh, I say; here, take the reins: I can't drive straight no longer!