human
It's a sell, it's a do, it's an unmitigated chouse! he proclaimed.
gpt
And why don't you put it down to me, Hal? Any other fellow would have done that long ago.
human
Because I saw your reports, old boy, and I know that ain't the reason. It's only what I had to expect.
gpt
But the disgusting unfairness of it--in our circumstances especially! lamented Charteris.
human
I can't get over that.
gpt
My dear fellow, you know that the person of whom we are both thinking would no more be influenced by a gold medal or a C.B. than by a diamond necklace. No, hang it! the plan was yours, and the execution was yours. I backed you up, you say? Well, then, put on my tombstone, 'He was a good second,' and I ask no more.