human
An' bring the wonderful dog along for a sing-song ; but Daughtry, proud of Michael for being the cause of such invitations, explained that the professional life was too arduous to permit of such diversions. To Michael he explained that when they proffered a fee of fifty dollars, the pair of them would
gpt
Doc, you're a wonder. Anybody can see it with half an eye. What you want you just go and get. Nothing'd stop you except . . .
human
Except?
gpt
Oh, except that it was nailed down, or locked up, or had a policeman standing guard over it. I'd sure hate to have anything you wanted.
human
Well, you have,
gpt
Br-r-r! Daughtry shivered.
human
You give me the creeps. If I thought you really meant it, San Francisco couldn't hold me two minutes. He meditated into his beer-glass a moment, then laughed with reassurance.
gpt
No man could get that dog away from me. You see, I'd kill the man first. I'd just up an' tell 'm, as I'm tellin' you now, I'd kill 'm first. An' he'd believe me, as you're believin' me now. You know I mean it. So'd he know I meant it. Why, that dog . . .