human
Jeff, she said (my name is Jeffry Childers);
gpt
Jeff, what do you think of doing now? Being twenty-four, you ought, you know, to have some fixed idea as to the future, for, of course, though independent, you don't intend to be idle.
human
Right, mother, right, I replied,
gpt
I don't mean to be an idler, nevertheless I don't mean to be a doctor. I shall turn my mind to chemistry, and talking of that, I expect to test the powers of a particular compound today.
human
And what, said my mother, with a peculiar smile,
gpt
Violently explosive,
human
Ah, of course, I might have guessed that, Jeff, for most of your compounds are either violently explosive or offensive--sometimes both; but what is the name of this one?
gpt
Before answering that, said I, pulling out my watch,
human
She half promised to be over to breakfast, if cousin Kate would let her away. It is probable that she may arrive in less than an hour.
gpt
Curious coincidence, said I,
human
What! Nicholas Naranovitsch?
gpt
Yes. The ship in which he sailed from St. Petersburg arrived late last night, and I have just received a telegram, saying that he will be down by the first train this morning. Love, you know, is said to have wings. If the pair given to Naranovitsch are at all in keeping with his powerful frame, they will bear him swiftly to Fagend.