human
That's all I know; and that's enough, for it won't wake up the old gentleman.
gpt
Ha, ha, ha--ha, ha, ha! I could never die for laughing, bawled out the Dominie, feeling for his pannikin; but this was his last effort. He stared round him.
human
Verily, verily, we are in a whirlpool-- how everything turneth round and round! Who cares? Am I not an ancient mariner--`_Qui videt mare turgidum--et infames scopulos_.' Friend Dux, listen to me--_favet linguis_.
gpt
Well, hiccuped old Tom,
human
That I'll be hanged if he does, said Tom to me.
gpt
In half an hour more I shall understand old Nosey's Latin just as well as his--plain English, as he calls it.
human
I will discuss in any language--that is--in any tongue--be it in the Greek or the Latin--nay, even--(hiccups)--friend Dux--hast thou not partaken too freely--of--dear me! _Quo me, Bacche, rapis tui--plenum_-- truly I shall be tipsy--and will but finish my pattypan--_dulce periculum est_--Jacob--can there be two Jacobs?--and two old Toms?-- nay--_mirabile dictu_--there are two young Toms, and two dog Tommies-- each with--two tails. _Bacche, parce--precor--precor_--Jacob, where art thou?--_Ego sum tu es_--thou art--_sumus_, we are--where am I? _Procumbit humi bos_--for Bos--read Dobbs--_amo, amas_--I loved a lass. _Tityre, tu patulae sub teg-mine_--nay--I quote wrong--then must I be--I do believe that--I'm drunk.
gpt
And I'm cock sure of it,
human
And I'm cock sure of it, said old Tom, rolling himself along the deck to the cabin hatch