human
I have just heard, she exclaimed,
gpt
Thanks so much! replied Roderick, carelessly.
human
I am glad you approve of my nationality; for I have to plead guilty to a very unfashionable love for my country.
gpt
Oh, you needn't plead guilty at all! cried the charmer.
human
It is so refreshing nowadays. And you Irish are so delightfully enthusiastic and impressionable, and all that.
gpt
By the way, he observed, turning abruptly to me,
human
I wonder if you will agree with the sentiment expressed by my neighbor--you who are so lately back from Ireland?
gpt
I asked.
human
I am prepared to endorse that sentiment; for I am more Irish than the Irish themselves. I know I have borrowed somebody else's saying; but, really, I have fallen in love with the dear old land. Its hills and glens have got into my heart.
gpt
Do you know I am very homesick of late? I am pining for a sight of the beautiful hills of the Gilt Spurs and the glorious Dargle. Oh, what would I not give for one good look at the Dargle, glen and river both!
human
Why don't you take a trip to Ireland?
gpt
Oh, for many reasons!
human
But you will go back some day?
gpt
Go back? he repeated.
human
I used to think I should: indeed, at one time I longed for the day and hour of my return; and now--