human
Oh, yes, sir, cried the landlady, with her voice half-drowned by a sudden flap and a sizzling noise which indicated, without the appetising odour which soon began to rise to Rodd's nostrils, that their landlady had vigorously slapped a thick rasher of pink-and-white ham into the hot frying-pan;
gpt
I know what you think, sir, and what you told me only last night about being a loyal subject of King George, and these being our natural enemies, whom we ought to hate.
human
Hear, hear!
gpt
But I can't help remembering what I hear at church about forgiving our enemies; and I am sure you would, sir, if you knew what I do about those poor fellows, torn away from their own people and shut up behind prison bars, and all for doing nothing.
human
For doing nothing! shouted Uncle Paul, and a sound from his room suggested that he had set down the washhand jug with a bang.
gpt
The scoundrels who invaded our shores?
human
That they didn't, sir! cried the landlady.
gpt
They didn't even try; and even if they had there were all our brave fellows round the coasts who would soon have stopped them.
human
Hear, hear!
gpt
Well, well, that's right, shouted Uncle Paul;