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50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The worms themselves do the work here, monsieur."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One of these, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lawsy! said Quinney."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I ought to know."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that old or new, monsieur?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It’s old,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s quite new, monsieur."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I’m fairly done, said Joe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This beats... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wonderfully keen, isn’t he?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you think he’s too keen?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As for that, Mrs. Quinney, one can hardly be too keen in business nowadays."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I meant—is he to... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His keenness might make for his happiness. I divide the people I know into two classes, those who care for things and those who care for persons."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Surely a man can care for both?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One must be t... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’ll take the lot off your hands, Joe, at a twenty-five per cent. advance."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, you won’t! replied Joe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our furniture is not for sale, old man. Not yet, by Gum!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s becoming harder every day, ma’am, he addressed Mrs. Biddlecombe,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Really, did you now? murmured Mrs. Biddlecombe For all she knew a"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, ma’am, a fi’ pun note. It was this way. The table ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Joe, dear, you wouldn’t have done what Mr. Tomlin did, would you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About what, Sue?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "About that table. Mother and I thought it was horrid of him to take advantage of a poor old lady."
},
{
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They’ll be ruined, said Quinney, chuckling and rubbing his hands."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nobody will buy their muck, and they know it."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You want to get the patter, he told his wife,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Find out what they want, and don’t be too keen to sell to ’em. Most men, my pretty, and nearly all the women go dotty over the things hardest to get. Our best stuff will sell itself, if we go slow. Old silver is getting scarcer every day."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value"... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-morning, my lord!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good-morning, Mrs. Quinney. May I look at some of these tempting things?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As this is my first visit, I must buy something for luck. What is the price of that small jar w... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ho! Another job in view?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I—I think so."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will you do without me?"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Mrs. Q., how is _my_ baby this morning? Any news of him?"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The kid _is_ comin’—ain’t it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We hope so,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We know it, old dear. Why not talk about it? Joe Quinney, junior! There you are!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It sounds so—indelicate."... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "with Mrs. Biddlecombe, prepared a surprise. An amazing basket arrived from London, embellished with pale blue ribbon, and filled with a layette fit—so the advertisement said—for"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To Joseph Quinney, Jr., Esq., care of Mother."
},
{
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Feelin’ fine, are you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh yes, Joe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Any one bloomin’ thing you fancy?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not worriting? No stewin... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "a bit of heather picked by Joe when they took a jaunt together to the New Forest, a trinket or two, a lock of Joe’s hair, his letters tied up in pink ribbon and her birth certificate, solemnly thrust into her hand by Mrs. Biddlecombe upon the morning ol the wedding. Inside the d... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your loving"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "P.S.—I hope you will marry again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To be opened after my death."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She was accustomed to these odd middle-class euphuisms. This particular expression, invariably used by Mrs. Biddlecombe, indicated a certain selection upon the part of the Reaper, who"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He (or she) has entered into rest. Or, with tearful ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Joe can’t do without me. I shall not be taken this time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Marry a nice sensible woman, not quite so pretty as I am, one who will be kind to my baby."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "instead of"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is the baby born?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, nor likely to be till after midnight."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it over?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just begun,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mrs. Biddlecombe is with her, continued the doctor, in the same suavely impassive tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They will send for me later. Good-af... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not so much noise, _please_!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are you going, Joseph?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Into my room o’ course. Where did you think I was going? Into the coal cellar?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We —Maria was indicated as an accomplice—"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value":... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if Susie wants me to stay——?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She won’t."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That’ll do, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We don’t want any flustrations."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear, dear Joe!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You want me to stay, Susie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh yes, till the pain comes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And after?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But why, why?"
},
{
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Smoking?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Generally called that, ain’t it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can smoke outside."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can, but I won’t. How’s Susie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Susan... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, don’t you worry, Mr. Quinney, because there’s nothing to worry about with Dr. Ransome and me in charge of the case. We never have any trouble with our patients. You’ll be the proud father of a big fat baby-boy before you know where you are."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’m climbin’!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What’s the meaning o’ this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Meat tea for you and Mrs. Biddlecombe."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What the hell d’ye mean? Meat tea? I eat my supper at seven, and you know it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You’ll eat it at six to-night. Mrs. Biddlecombe’s orders. I shall give notice if you swear at me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Smells all over... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stale fish, Joseph!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you buy it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you choose it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not. I instructed the fishmonger to... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can’t come in now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I’m not coming in. You tell my wife, with my love, not to eat any mackerel, and don’t you touch it yourself, if you want to be fit and well to-night."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You’ll be within call?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. Any notion when the doctor will be wanted?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He may be wanted at any minute."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You may want him before Susan does!"
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it always like this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "First time—yes,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My God! he exclaimed hoarsely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn’t know it was like this. I’ve heard her!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not regret that! replied Mrs. Biddlecombe, not unkindly, but with emphasis."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Quinney, he said gravely,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I advise you to go for a brisk walk. You can do nothing more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if my wife should want me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She is not likely to want... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And your mistress?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know nothing about her, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Everything seems strangely quiet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir; terribly so."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s all over! Your child is born."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank God! exclaimed Quinney. He added tremulously:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And my poor wife?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She is very much exhausted. Presently you c... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come in here, gentlemen, please."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My son!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don’t you know? Didn’t we tell you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are the ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are not very disappointed?"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I’m damned! he exclaimed. As the nurse raised her eyebrows in silent protest, he added quickly:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I’ve been swearing all night; one more little one don’t count!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You go to bed at once!"
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "N-n-no, faltered Susan, feeling more wife than mother. She qualified the doubtful negative by murmuring:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did love helping you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord bless you! You’re helping me at home—a woman’s right plac... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She’s not out of the wood yet, my lord."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know how you feel—I have been through it. And now show me over your premises. The Bishop tells me that you have some fine porcelain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’ve a lot of po... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you much of this oak?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any amount of it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Enough to panel a room?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I think so."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will you tak... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s all faked stuff."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! Impossible!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can sell the lot, my lord, at a price that will surprise you."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The price does surprise me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perfectly wonderful! said Quinney."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The real stuff—if you could have found such a quantity—would have run into a couple of thousand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hate rubbish! Rubbish is wicked, rubbish is cruel, rubbish poisons the world. I was brought up amongst it, and that’s why I loathe it and fear it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Quinney, he said simply,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am happy to... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don’t seem to have thought of me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn’t,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I told you about that fellow in Brittany; I sent you to him; I provided half the cash, and I was counting upon big profits. You’ve let me down ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s silly to be dishonest, said Quinney,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Honest fakes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That’s it. And my fakes are goin’ to be advertised as the best in the world—really fine stuff, at a price which’ll defy competition."
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you think you know your own business——"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cocksure of it, old man!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can only hope that Pride won’t have a fall."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You come with me and drink my daugh... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what is your name, my dear?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Josie-posie, she replied demurely. Even at that early age Quinney’s daughter was absolutely devoid of fear or shyness. She added confidingly:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I wear a mach... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Reg’lar butterfly! said Quinney."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dotty about flowers! Picks out the best, by Gum!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was an only child, you was an only child, your grandfather was an only child. It’s in the family. After what you went through——"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Joe would like a son, mother."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has he hinted that to you?"
}... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "for her, perhaps in more senses than one. Ransome, of course, reassured her again and again in regard to her symptoms. They were such as could not be ignored at her age—fifty-five—but with care and a less generous diet she might reasonably hope to live happily for many years. Mr... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Old Pomposity is hedgin’—see? Just like him! Comes to this, Susie. You was at death’s door, seemin’ly, but, by Gum! you pulled through because you wouldn’t leave me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Works t’other way round with your mother. She’s made up her mind to di... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A bit thick!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Joe!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, isn’t it? Let’s face the facts. You spend a lot o’ time away from home, away from Posy. Losin’ your nice fresh colour, you are! And I’m losin’ my appetite for the good ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me die here, Joseph."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not going to die, Mrs. B., but, if you did, just think of the sad job we’d have gettin’ you down them narrow stairs. And we never could receive all your friends in such a small parlour."
},
{
"fr... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Joseph’s luck will turn,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, Granny, don’t you go on barkin’ your old knuckles over that. I ain’t superstitious, but long ago I had ’arf-a-crown’s worth o’ fortune-tellin’ from the Queen o’ the Gipsies herself. I’m to live to be sevent... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would mean a big fight. You are not in the ring, my dear fellow."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should get into the ring, my lord."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Um! Would you! And —his landlord laughed pleasantly—"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should lose a good tenant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "London’s the best market for ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It fair furs my tongue to think o’ that."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "—chairs, tables, chests of drawers, bureaux, bookcases, bedsteads, and mantel-pieces. The"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Damn!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Vae victis."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My house is afire!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your house afire?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You bolt for the engine—see?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get a move on!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You’ve time to slip on warm clothes. Bolt on to the lawn with Posy. Don’t try to save any of your rags. I’ll wake Maria—and then I’ve a lot to do. The best stuff downstairs is not insured. The engine will be here in two jiffs. You scoot out o’ this! Hear me?"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at that, he said grimly,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seen your missus?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On the lawn,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Women all out?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You bet! replied Quinney. At that moment he remembered Mrs. Biddlecombe."
},
{
"from": "human"... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You never thought of mother,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I didn’t."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She legged it out on to the lawn. Maria says she ran like a bloomin’ rabbit."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If Maria said that I shall have to speak to her seriously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sh... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "While you are away, she said cheerfully,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall be looking out for another Dream Cottage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You won’t find it in Melchester,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Guarantee that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’s French. Came out of a French château in Touraine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Signed?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think not. ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is a place for me,"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never did see a man with a more unhealthy appetite!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A place for you, my tulip? Hope it won’t be in the Bankruptcy Court!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You’re a fool to leave Melchester, Joe. I say it as a friend."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There’s a place for me in London,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, somewhere between the Fulham Road and L... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To Let."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "the treasure-house, wherein his"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "exasperated him. By this time he had recognized her inability to appreciate fine"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You look so queer, Joe."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’m out for a big thing. I know that I can pull it off single-handed. Results will justify this move, Susie. It’s no use my hidin’ from you that I’m in for a fight. They’ll down me if they can, but in the end I shall come out on top, my girl. On top!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When I woke to hear the roaring of the flames, I heard a Voice. It seemed to say: ’Martha Biddlecombe, arise and walk.’"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We heard you—ran."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is perfectly true, replied Mrs. Biddlecombe, with austere dignity."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The hand of the Lord was upon me, and I ran."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "she deemed it a... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are going to London?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That’s right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is not right, Joseph. It is very far indeed from being right. It would seem that right and wrong, as I interpret such plain words, have no definite m... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It seems a strange thing to say, but I have heard of spires struck by God’s lightning."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Maybe, said Quinney, rising;"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Makes us feel a bit green, hey?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "knew all about"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave those swine alone, Joe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mean to, old man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But re... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Buyin’ against my crowd, you was, las’ week?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your crowd, hey?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I said my crowd. Want to join us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, my lad, I don’t."
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can’t you prosecute?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never saw the fellow before, never likely to see him again. Hired for the job, he was—earned his money, too."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It’ll fetch more than fifty pounds."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "afterwards, bidding against the other dealers, Quinney paid nine hundred pounds for this"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seems to me that poor man was robbed. Ninety-seven pounds for a thing that you say is worth two thousand. It’s awful."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it? Now, look ye here, Susie, I’m going to put you right on this for ever and ever, see? I’m not in this business f... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why did we not hear of this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because we can’t hear of everything. There wasn’t one big London dealer at the sale; and the only thing worth having was this commode."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it the goods?"
},
{
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know this Soho Square man, Quinney?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have met him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has he come to stay?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Um! I think so."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anything to show me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Happy and honoured to see you, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In it were all his beloved treasures. He had done up the room"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you think of that, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That commode. Pedigree bit, out of an old Melshire manor house. Good stuff, hey?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bit of all right—um?"
},
... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn’t it right, Mr. Pressland?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My opinion is worth little, Mr. Quinney."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’m prepared to pay for it if necessary."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no, no! Not from you. Well, the... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I’ve been done—cooked to a crisp!"
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That man knows. He felt sorry for me. He hated to tell me. He promised that he would tell nobody else—a good sort! What did your mother say—Sir Humpty and Lady Dumpty. There you are!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was so sure of my own judgment, Susie. The loss of ... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am Gustavus Lark,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pleased to see you, Mr. Lark."
}
] |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cries. But he does not mention that. He has heard—it is his business to hear such gossip—that the widow possesses the complete set in colour, the full baker’s dozen. He arranges for a week’s board and lodging, and he satisfies himself that the prints are genuine specimens. In hi... |
50596 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anything of interest to show me?"
}
] |
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