human
Your cigar does not seem to draw well,
gpt
No, replied Edwards;
human
I can't think what is the matter with it; I never smoked a cigar like this before.
gpt
Let me look at it. Why, you have not bitten the end off! You might as well expect smoke to go up a chimney that is bricked up at the top. Here, I'll cut it for you with my penknife; now you will find it go all right. What a row that hawk of yours makes, Perry!
human
Yes, he ought to be hooded, you know. Hateful times we live in, don't we! How jolly it must have been when education meant learning to ride, fly a hawk, train a hound, shoot with the bow, and use the sword and buckler, instead of mugging at abominable lessons.
gpt
Right you are, sir, said Mr Slam;