human
Hallo, Min! Exclaimed Charlie, the eldest of her brothers, a young man of about twenty-two.
gpt
Aren't you ashamed of yourself, rushing off directly breakfast's over and leaving your poor unhappy encumbrances of brothers to amuse themselves as best they can during the long hours of a Saturday morning. Here are Ned and I, who only get a peep of home once a week, and even on that occasion we seldom get half a peep of you. Confess now, isn't it too bad?
human
Bad! put in Ned, before she could speak,
gpt
It's villainous. Here am I, shut up in a dingy office all week and every day of the week, with nothing more amusing than that highly respectable old humbug, Blackstone, to lighten the weary moments, and when I come home it isn't a bit better.
human
Oh, you two poor, neglected beings! Cried Minnie, laughing heartlessly at their rueful faces,
gpt
What would you like me to do for your amusement? Read goody stories to you, or play at wild beasts?--Which?
human
Why, you're just as heartless as any other girl could possibly be,
gpt
And haven't I quite as good a right? enquired Minnie saucily.
human
Pray, tell me why shouldn't I be?
gpt
Oh, as to that, you may be just as heartless as you please to other fellows--the more so the better, _I_ should say--but you might have a little consideration for the feeling of your brothers,
human
I say, interrupted Archie at this juncture,
gpt
I'm ferociously hungry. Do let's see about having something to eat. In my opinion, the best way to amuse one's self under the present circumstances, and to lay the foundation of an imperturbable temper, is to satisfy the cravings of the inner man.
human
Well spoken! approved Charlie, patting him on the head,
gpt
sang Charlie,
human
I speak only in the interests of common sense, and common necessity, he continued in a sepulchral voice,