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10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The very first thing he will say will be that 'it is a very fine day,' nodded Miss Priscilla, stitching away faster than ever,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A particular fine day, Miss Priscilla, for the time o' the year,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Indeed I quite agree with you Sergeant, returned little Miss Priscilla with a bright nod, and a sly glance at Bellew, as much as to say,"
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Proud to know you, sir,--your servant, sir!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do you do!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My left, sir, said he apologetically,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sergeant, said Miss Priscilla, without seeming to g... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sergeant, said Miss Priscilla again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you mam,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, said he, staring straight in front of him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, very well, thank you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good! exclaimed the Sergeant, with his eyes still fixed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And how, said... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And pray, mam, said the Sergeant, removing his gaze from the tree with a jerk,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Much the same as usual, thank you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You look, said he, pausing t... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must be going, he said, standing very straight, and looking down at little Miss Priscilla,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must you go--so soon, Sergeant? Then Good-bye,--until to-morrow,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, I am--proud to have met you. Sir, there is a poor crippled soldier as I know,--My cottage is very small, and humble sir, but if you ever feel like--dropping in on him, sir,--by day or night, he will be--honoured, sir, honoured! And that's me--Sergeant Richard Appleby--late ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh yes,--I'm a cripple, you see, she nodded,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh very, very lame! my ankle, you know. That is why I came here, the big world didn't want a poor, lame, old woman,--that is why Miss Anthea made me her Aunt, God bless her! No thank you,--... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and to win over sharp-eyed, shrewd little Miss Priscilla to the extent of declaring him to be:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "First a gentleman, Anthea, my dear, and Secondly,--what is much rarer, now-a-days,--a true man!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Adam, he was saying,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, as to that, Mr. Belloo, sir, Adam retorted,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say--so be it, so long as I ain't near the wrong end of it, for the way you do 'ave of flourishin' an' a whirlin' t... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is good, said he, looking up into the witching face, above him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I was thinking it was good to see you work,--just for once."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Work! he exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value"... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go on, Uncle Porges,--what about the dragons? Oh, please go on!--there's always dragons in 'chanted castles, you know, to guard the lovely Princess,--aren't you going to have any dragons that hiss, you know, an' spit out smoke, an' flames? Oh!--do please have a dragon."
},
{... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, Miss Anthea, said he, lifting his hat,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I sent Georgy to find you, but it seems he forgot to mention that I was waiting."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm awful' sorry, Mr. Cassilis,--but Uncle Porges was telling us 'b... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me introduce you to each other, said Anthea, conscious of this attitude,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Cassilis, of Brampton Court,--Mr. Bellew!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of nowhere in particular, sir!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"v... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Uncle Porges--why do you frown so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Frown, my Porges,--did I? Well, I was thinking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'm thinking too, only I don't frown, you know, but I'm thinking just the same."
},
{
"from": ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And pray, said Anthea, laying that same hand in the most natural manner in the world, upon the Small Porges' curls,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray what might you two be discussing so very solemnly?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The moon, answered ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "King Arthur, --nor of Small Porges, nor of any one or anything in this world but only of the sudden, light touch of a warm, soft hand upon his."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Be that you, sir?"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be that you, Mr. Beloo, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes Adam, it is I."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! an' how might you be feelin' now--arter your exercise wi' the pitch-fork, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very fit, I thank... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want you to take this, Bellew went on, counting a sum into Adam's nerveless hand,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But sir,--that there old drorin'-room cab'net wi' the--carvings--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Buy it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Adam tells me that you are going out, Miss Anthea."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Only as far as Mrs. Dibbin's cottage,--just across the meadow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Adam also informs me that Mrs. Dibbin is a witch."
},
{
"from": "gpt"... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope, said Bellew at last,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do sincerely hope that you 'tucked up' my nephew safe in bed,--you see--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your nephew, indeed!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our nephew, then; I ask... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg your pardon!--how awkward I am!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Bellew, shaking his head,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, that is nothing, thank you!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ought to warn you that Mrs. Dibbin is very old, and sometimes a little queer, and sometimes says very--surprising things."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Excellent! nodded Bellew, holding the little gate open for her,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think I--would rather you waited outside,--if you don't mind, Mr. Bellew."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You mean that I am to be denied the joy of conversing with a real, live, old witch, and having my fortune told? he sighed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"v... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Right! she quavered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean by 'Tiger-mark?'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean, young master wi' your golden curls,--I mean as, sitting here day in, and day out, staring down into my fire, I has my dreams,--l... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At the full o' the moon, tall sir! she repeated,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor old Nannie! said Anthea, as they went on down the grassy lane,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And so that is why you come to sit with her, and let her talk to you?"
}... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did you mean when you said Old Nannie's dreams were so wonderful?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll show you!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why-- said she at last, finding voice in a little gasp,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am the Man with the Tiger Mark!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Uncle Porges, there's a little man in the hall with a red, red nose, an' a blue, blue chin,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I've seen him,--also his nose, and chin, my Porges."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But he's sticking little papers with num... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're getting rid of some of the old furniture, you see, Mr. Bellew, she said, laying her hand on an antique cabinet nearby,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why is that man's nose so awful' red, and his chin so blue, Auntie Anthea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hush Georgy!--I don't know,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "An' why is he sticking his little numbers all over our best furniture!"
},
{
"fr... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll--look after things for me, Adam?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Aye,--I will that, Miss Anthea!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Bellew, we can find room for you if you care to come with us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thanks, sa... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is that round, red man, yonder, Adam?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That! replied Adam in a tone of profound disgust,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, Adam?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mean as it be him as holds the... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord! exclaimed Adam,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't you look where you're going?--you clumsy fool!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ax your pardon, Mr. Grimes, said Adam solemnly,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-day!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That there Adam, puffed the Corn-chandler,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "repeated the Corn-chandler,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, nodded the other,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Confound ye for a clumsy rascal! Will ye keep them elbers o' yourn to out o' my weskit, eh? Will ye keep them big feet o' yourn to yeself? If there ain't room enough for ye,--out ye go, d'ye hear--I'll have ye took, and shook... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At eleven,--at eleven pounds!--this fine suite of hand-carved antique chairs, at eleven pounds!--at eleven!--at eleven, going--going!--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fifteen!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fifteen pounds! chanted the Auctioneer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have fifteen,--I am given fifteen,--any advance? These eight antique chairs, going at fifteen!--going! for the last time,--going!--gone! Sold to the gentleman in the corner behind the side-board... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Neck, and crop!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That seems to be a fair proposition, smiled the Auctioneer, who had already experienced some doubts as to Adam's financial capabilities, yet with his joviality all unruffled,--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value":... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, gentlemen, last, but by no means least, we come to the gem of the sale,--a side-board, gentlemen,--a magnificent, mahogany side-board, being a superb example of the carver's art! Here is a side-board, gentlemen, which,--if it can be equalled,--cannot be excelled--no, ge... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At sixty-five! cried the Auctioneer, leaning towards Grimes with his hammer poised,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say--no sir! returned the Corn-chandler, slowly, and impressively,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say no, sir,--I say--make it another... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One hundred and six pounds! cried the Auctioneer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have one hundred and six pounds! is there any advance, yes or no?--going at one hundred and six!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At one hundred and six pounds!--at one six... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Going at one hundred and six!--going!--going!--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fifty up!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! cried Grimes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gent in the corner gives me one hundred and fifty six pounds, said the... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord! said Adam, pausing with a chair under either arm,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lord, Mr. Belloo sir,--I wonder what Miss Anthea will say?"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord! exclaimed Adam again, balanced now upon a ladder, and pausing to wipe his brow with one hand and with a picture swinging in the other,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lord! what ever will Miss Anthea say, Mr. Belloo sir!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When do you expect--she will come home?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, if she drove straight back from Cranbrook she would be here now,--but I fancy she won't be so very anxious to get home to-day,--and may come the longest way round; yes, it's in my mind she w... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me--tell me--all about it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good-bye"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What would Miss Anthea say?"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I tell ye--you shall get out o' my cottage! he was saying,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say you shall quit my cottage at the end o' the month,--and when I says a thing, I means it,--I say you shall get off of my property,--you--and that beggarly cobbler. I say yo... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Out ye go,--at the end o' the month,--mind that!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Sergeant, said Bellew extending his hand,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hearty, sir,--hearty I thank you, though, at this precise moment, just a leetle put out, sir. ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will be wondering at the tantrums of the man Grimes, sir,--of his ordering me and my comrade Peterday out of his cottage. Sir--I'll tell you--in two words. It's all owing to the sale--up at the Farm, sir. You see, Grimes is a great hand at buying things uncommonly cheap, and... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Peterday, said the Sergeant,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Bel-lew!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Glad to see you sir, said the mariner, saluting the visitor with a quick bob of the head, and a backward scrape of the wooden leg."
},
{
"fro... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It aren't often as we're honoured wi' company, sir, said Peterday, as they sat down,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We ain't had company to tea, said Peterday, passing Bellew the muffins,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Peterday,--you have lifted a load off my heart--I thank ye comrade,--and spoke like a true soldier. Peterday--the muffins!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Peterday, said the Sergeant, hanging each cup upon its appointed nail, and setting each saucer solicitously in the space reserved for it on the small dresser,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cupboard! returned Peterday with a snort of disdain,"
},
{
"from... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A pair o' jack-boots,--two brushes,--blacking,--and a burnisher."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Bellew, sir,--this evening being the anniversary of a certain--event, sir, I will ask you--to excuse me--while I make the necessary preparations--to honour this annive... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A fine fellow is Dick, sir! nodded Peterday, beginning to fill a long clay pipe,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lord!--what a sailor he 'd ha' made, to be sure!--failing which he's as fine a soldier as ever was, or will be, with enough war-medals to fill my Sunday ha... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "three or four selections, each of which had been vociferously encored by Peterday, or Bellew,--and had just finished an impassioned rendering of the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suwanee River,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shipmate! cried Peterday, f... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The British Grenadiers? and never did tin whistles render the famous old tune with more fire, and dash. As the stirring notes rang out, the Sergeant, standing upon the hearth, seemed to grow taller, his broad chest expanded, his eyes glowed, a flush crept up into his cheek, and ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Bellew, and comrade, said he, lifting his glass,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I give you--Miss Priscilla!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God bless her!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Amen!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sergeant, said Bellew, after they had walked some distance,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a message for you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For me, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "From Miss Priscilla."
},
{
"from": "human... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Sergeant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Riper!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Riper than ever they were!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The--peaches, I think, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The peaches, yes."
},
... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Adam!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Miss Anthea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How much money did Mr. Bellew give you to--buy the furniture?"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You ax me--how much it were, Miss Anthea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Adam."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well,--it were a goodish sum."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Was it--fifty pounds?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value":... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Anthea, said he, drawing a step nearer, and lowering his voice mysteriously,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now how can he, Adam? It isn't as though he lived in England, said Anthea, shaking her head,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah!--but then--e... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To be, or not to be! Bellew leaned against the mighty bole of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "King Arthur, and stared up at the moon with knitted brows."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is the question!--whether I shall brave the slings, and arrows an... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anthea my dear, said she suddenly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm fond of music, and I love to hear you play, as you know,--but I never heard you play quite so--dolefully? dear me, no,--that's not the right word,--nor dismal,--but I mean something between the two... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well? enquired Anthea, at last, perfectly conscious of his look, and finding the silence growing irksome, yet still with her eyes averted,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Mr. Bellew?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the contrary, he answered,"
... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! by the way, Mr. Bellew, she said, speaking as if the idea had but just entered her mind,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do about it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean--where would you like it--stored until you can send, and have it--taken away?"... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Early to bed, and early to rise Makes a man healthy, and wealthy, and wise."
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "King Arthur"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aunt Priscilla!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh!--it's you? she exclaimed, just as though she hadn't known it all along."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear me! Mr. Bellew,--how lonely you look, and dreadfully thoughtful,--good gracious! and she glanc... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And--what did--he say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why the--the Sergeant, to be sure."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, he gave me to understand that a poor, old soldier with only one arm left him, m... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You were quite right, he nodded,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hush! she whispered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sergeant! she said, speaking almost in a whisper,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh Sergeant--won't you--take it?"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Priscilla? he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Priscilla?--Oh, Priscilla!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it, my Porges?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well,--I'm a bit worried, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Worried?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,--'fraid I shall be an old man before my time, Uncle Porges. Adam says it's ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My position here, sir, is truly the most--er--enviable in the world. Prudence is an admirable cook,--particularly as regard Yorkshire Pudding; gentle, little Miss Priscilla is the most--er Aunt-like, and perfect of housekeepers; and Miss Anthea is our sovereign lady, before whos... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At least you know, and will perhaps explain, what prompted you to buy all that furniture? You were the only buyer at the sale I understand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who--bought anything, yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And pray--what was your ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Cassilis!--Mr. Bellew! she exclaimed, her cheeks flushed, and her bosom heaving with the haste she had made,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Upon my word, I hardly know, Miss Anthea. Our friend Mr. Cassilis seems to have got himself all worked up over the--er--sal... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why do you frown so, Uncle Porges?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I--er--was thinking, nephew."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'm thinking, too!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you quite sure you never told my Auntie Anthea that you... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Merry Monarch"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "you say? Hum! History tells us that William the Conqueror wooed his lady with a club, or a battle-axe, or something of the sort, and she consequently liked him the better for it; which was all very natural, and proper of course, in her case, seeing that hers was the day of battl... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No was generally taken to mean"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jogafrey,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And so, I have been in Arcadia--only three weeks! I have known Anthea only twenty-one days! A ridiculously short time, as time goes,--in any other place but Arcadia,--and yet sufficient to lay for ever, the--er--Haunting Spectre of the Might Have Been. Lord! what a preposterous ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not good enough--for such a woman--I know, but the best I could afford, sir!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why--it's very handsome, Sergeant! said Bellew, making the jewels sparkle in the sun,--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, it did look pretty ti... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Priscilla, mam-- he said, and stopped."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Miss Priscilla,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why--Sergeant! she exclaimed, though it was a very soft little exclamation indeed,--for her hand still rested in his, and so she co... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh Sergeant! she said, very softly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh Sergeant, I am only a poor, old woman--with a lame foot!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I am a poor, old soldier--with only one arm, Priscilla."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"v... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I s'pose they'll be marrying each other, one of these fine days!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I expect so, Shipmate, nodded Bellew,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aye, aye, Captain,--an' Amen!"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good arternoon, Mr. Belloo sir,--an' Master Georgy!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Adam, how are the hops?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rain, Adam, and wind,--and plenty of it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! so I think, sir,--dri... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Auntie Anthea"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She says it's a head-ache, said Small Porges,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The hops, my Porges?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's worrying about them,--she's 'fraid of a storm, like Adam is. ... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he, very gravely,"
}
] |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are placing all our hopes, this year, upon the hops!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ruined, sir!--Done for!--Lord love me! they ain't worth the trouble o? gatherin'--w'ot's left on 'em, Mr. Belloo sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So bad as that, A... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't, Auntie Anthea,--don't! he pleaded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know Uncle Porges has gone away, an' left us, but you've got me left, you know,--an' I shall be a man--very soon,--before my time, I think. So--don't cry,--though I'm awful' sorry he's gone, t... |
10418 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Baxter!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oblige me by getting this cashed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bring half of it in gold."
},
{
"from"... |
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