human
Hurt you, my man?
gpt
Oh, it tingles a bit, sir; but here, stop, hold hard a minute. None o' them games.
human
What games? I don't understand you.
gpt
No takin' advantage of a poor helpless fellow as trusts yer, doctor!
human
Explain yourself, man.
gpt
Explain myself, sir? How?
human
Tell me what you mean.
gpt
I mean, I want you to tell me what you mean, sir.
human
To dress your wound.
gpt
Ay, but you're a-doing of something with that 'ere other hand.
human
No, my man, no.
gpt
Arn't got a knife in't then?
human
Certainly not. Why?
gpt
Dumlow thinks you were going to cut his leg off, sir,
human
Course I did, growled the man.
gpt
I've been telled as there's nothing a doctor likes better than to have a chance o' chopping off a man's legs or wings, and I don't mean to go hoppin' about on one leg and a timber toe, and so I tells yer flat.
human
I'm not going to cut your leg off, Dumlow.
gpt
Honour, sir?
human
Honour, my man.
gpt
Honour bright, sir?
human
On my word as a gentleman.
gpt
Thankye, sir, but if it's all the same to you, I'd rather as you said honour bright.
human
Well then, honour bright. There, I am not going to do any more to you now; I must dress the wound by daylight.
gpt
Won't bleed any more, sir, will it?
human
Not now.
gpt
That'll 'bout do then, sir, thank ye kindly.
human
You are welcome, my man, said the doctor, and then,
gpt
What is it?
human
I want you to tell me about Walters, I whispered.
gpt
Feel his pulse first.