human
No tap for beer, as usual, sir, he said.
gpt
These poor Californians has much to learn.
human
Everything gone but the fixin's, he sighed.
gpt
There used to be good beds, where there wasn't more'n two at once in them; and there used to be such a crowd around this bar as you would not find nearer'n St. Louis City.
human
Hush!
gpt
Chinamen, likely. If there's a row, gentlemen, give me something, if it's only a toothpick, to chime in with. But that's not a Chinese step; that's an Englishman's. He wears boots, but they are not miner's boots; he walks firm and slow, like all Englishmen; he is not in a hurry, like our folk. And who but an Englishman would be found staying behind in the Empire City when it's gone to pot?
human
Most unhandsome of a ghost, said the younger man,
gpt
Told you he was an Englishman!