human
The stage has lost an actor, he observed,
gpt
An actor? Not shocked? Keep it up? he queried.
human
I do not understand.
gpt
You are inimitable,
human
You don't understand me, he said with a certain warmth,
gpt
I beg your pardon, he said.
human
I see that I was in the wrong.
gpt
It is granted willingly, he said.
human
But please, my dear Conybeare, do not make such mistakes in the future. Let me ask you to assume that I am sincere till you have the vaguest cause for supposing I am not. The English law assumes a man's innocence till he is proved guilty. That is all I ask. Treat me as you would treat a suspect. But when you have such cause, please come to me and state it. Much harm can be done by nursing a suspicion, by not trying to clear it up. Harm, you will remember, was nearly done to me in that way before. Luckily, I had an opportunity of explaining her error to Lady Conybeare.