human
I beg a thousand pardons, he said.
gpt
How very thoughtless of me, but it never seems to have occurred to me all this time that you may have business of your own to attend to. If that is the case, even at the risk of appearing inhospitable, I beg you will not delay your journey here on my account. I shall be on my legs again in a day or two--one thing about this complaint, its attacks though sharp are frequently short--and apart from necessity it must be very tedious for you to feel yourself tied down in a rough and comfortless place such as this.
human
My dear fellow, don't you bother yourself about me, replied the other, decisively.
gpt
I'm going to see you through it before I move on. When a fellow's ill in an out-of-the-way hole like this he wants a `man and a brother' about him; and I'm going to stick to you like a leech until you're yourself again. So don't jaw any more, there's a good chap, but just snooze off right away.