human
What! eaves-dropping? said he, with a ghastly smile.
gpt
You overheard me, did you? Well, well, what said I?--what said I? Then pausing, and noting that Walter did not reply, he stamped his foot violently, and grinding his teeth, repeated in a smothered tone
human
Boy! what said I?
gpt
Mr. Aram, said Walter,
human
What! surely--surely I spoke aloud, did I not?--did I not?
gpt
You did, but so incoherently and indistinctly, that I did not profit by your indiscretion. I cannot plagiarise, I assure you, from any scholastic designs you might have been giving vent to.
human
Pardon me, he said;
gpt
I am a poor half-crazed man; much study has unnerved me; I should never live but with my own thoughts; forgive me, Sir, I pray you.