human
When I was there, said he,
gpt
I could see that your people were all hospitable enough, but that the people who were good for anything were made to do all the work of the _vauriens_, and really had no time for friendship or hospitality. I remember an historian of yours, who crossed with me, said that there should be a motto stretched across Boston Bay, from one fort to another, with the words, 'No admittance, except on business.'
human
Why, you see, said he,
gpt
and he took one out of his pocket.
human
We are still very chary about amendments to statutes, so that very little time is spent in legislation; we have no bills at shops, and but little debt, and that is all on honor, so that there is not much account-keeping or litigation; you know what happens to gossips,--gossip takes a good deal of time elsewhere,--and somehow everybody does his share of work, so that all of us do have a good deal of what you call 'leisure.' Whether, he added pensively,
gpt
How came you to Boston, said I,
human
O, we all have to travel, said George,
gpt
Not if he had himself made school-books?
human
No! laughed George,
gpt
he said,