human
If you please, I am trying to get a place--something to do. I thought perhaps, sir, that you might--
gpt
Don't spoil my matting, said the consul.
human
You're a very young boy to be looking for a place.
gpt
I'm going on fourteen.
human
And of what nation are you?
gpt
Why, I'm American,
human
I shouldn't have taken you for one. What is your name?
gpt
Maso--I mean Thom-as Ross Coe,
human
Tummarse Errosco? Do you call that an American name?
gpt
I'll write it,
human
Thomas R. Coe, read the consul.
gpt
Coe is your name, then?
human
Yes, sir.
gpt
You want something to do, eh? What do you want, and why do you come here for it?