human
You're sure, he said,
gpt
Do you know what this means?
human
Rose told me this morning, she said,
gpt
That isn't true at all events, I said.
human
He's still alive.
gpt
Of course I didn't believe her,
human
But I think you ought to have told me at breakfast, I said.
gpt
I hate having these things sprung on me suddenly. At my time of life even good news ought to be broken to me gradually. Any sudden shock is bad for the heart.
human
I thought there might be no truth in the story at all, said Marion,
gpt
I suppose, I said,
human
Do, said Marion;
gpt
I don't expect he's as bad as all that, I said.
human
Men like Godfrey are never seriously hurt. But if he expresses a wish for chicken jelly I'll let you know at once.
gpt
I'm extremely sorry, Lord Kilmore, he said,
human
Badly?
gpt
Not very, said Bob.
human
Collar bone and a couple of ribs. I saw the doctor this morning.
gpt
Broken?
human
Yes. It wasn't altogether my fault. I mean to say--
gpt
I'm sure it was altogether Godfrey's, I said.
human
The thing which surprises me is that nobody ever did it before. Godfrey is nearly thirty, so for twenty years at least every man he has met must have been tempted to break his ribs. We must, in spite of what everybody says, be a Christian nation. If we were not--
gpt
He would keep following me about, said Bob.
human
I told him several times to clear away and go home. But he wouldn't.
gpt
He has a fixed idea that you're engaged in smuggling.
human
Even if I was, said Bob,
gpt
That's just why he mixes himself up in it. If it had been his business he wouldn't have touched it. There's nothing Godfrey hates more than doing anything he ought to do.
human
I'm awfully glad you take it that way, said Bob.
gpt
I was afraid--
human
My dear fellow, I said,
gpt
I'm delighted. But you haven't told me yet exactly how it happened.
human
I was moving a packing-case, said Bob,