human
Adieu, my friend! said Augustus Tomlinson, as he stood looking full on that segment of the face of Edward Pepper which was left unconcealed by a huge hat and a red belcher handkerchief. Tomlinson himself was attired in the full costume of a dignified clergyman.
gpt
Adieu, my friend, since you will remain in England,--adieu! I am, I exult to say, no less sincere a patriot than you. Heaven be my witness, how long I looked repugnantly on poor Lovett's proposal to quit my beloved country. But all hope of life here is now over; and really, during the last ten days I have been so hunted from corner to corner, so plagued with polite invitations, similar to those given by a farmer's wife to her ducks, 'Dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed!' that my patriotism has been prodigiously cooled, and I no longer recoil from thoughts of self- banishment. 'The earth,' my dear Ned, as a Greek sage has very well observed,--'the earth is the same everywhere!' and if I am asked for my home, I can point, like Anaxagoras, to heaven!
human
said Ned, speaking thick, either from grief or the pressure of the belcher handkerchief on his mouth;
gpt
Bear up, my dear friend, continued Tomlinson;
human
Hush! whispered Ned, and he moved on involuntarily;
gpt
I see a man at the other end of the street.
human
Let us quicken our pace,
gpt
And now, began Ned, who thought he might as well say something about himself; for hitherto Augustus, in the ardour of his friendship, had been only discussing his own plans,--
human
You cannot then tear yourself from England?
gpt
No, hang it! the fellows are so cursed unmanly on the other side of the water. I hate their wine and their parley woo. Besides, there is no fun there.
human
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