human
Come in, he said, rather stupidly.
gpt
We've been tinkering, but we're nearly ready now, I guess.
human
We're going to be friends, aren't we? she said to it, and smiled up at Potter again.
gpt
How do I get in? Where do I sit?
human
Ready?
gpt
Ready, sir.
human
I don't suppose I could drive it, could I?
gpt
Well, _hardly_,
human
I'd love to. I'm sure I could.
gpt
This is your excursion, he said, disregarding her manifest desire to become pilot of the craft.
human
What part of the earth shall we fly over?
gpt
It's to be a good, long fly, you know, she said.
human
Not just up and down like those twenty-five-dollars-a-ride things we had here last year. I want to go miles and miles.... Let's go right across the lake to the Flats and then swing around and come home over Mount Clemens. Can we do that?
gpt
I have made that circle.
human
What do I do?
gpt
Sit still and hang on. There's no promenade-deck to this ship--no orchestra and no dancing.
human
Are you a dancing-man?
gpt
Far from it. The _thé dansant_ is too dangerous for me. I don't speak the language.
human
I _love_ to dance, she said.
gpt
I don't know that the language is more difficult than the one you speak while we dance on the floor above. 'Waiter, another round of cocktails.'
human
You're not going to quarrel because I don't like dancing?
gpt
I'd forgive you 'most anything this morning. Let's start. I'm crazy to know how it feels.