human
Well?
gpt
Good evening, Grayle, I said.
human
I've come with a message from O'Rane.
gpt
What are you doing here?
human
I brought him as a witness in case you shewed any tendency to be violent, I said.
gpt
Grayle, O'Rane thinks that, the sooner you give up your seat in the House, the better. For what it's worth, I agree with him.
human
Is that all?
gpt
All,
human
Then what the hell d'you want to come here for, wasting my time? he thundered.
gpt
You told Bannerman you'd got a proposal to make!
human
O'Rane proposes that you should retire from public life, I explained.
gpt
I always think it's better to do a thing voluntarily than under compulsion.
human
This is a threat, is it?
gpt
A forecast, I substituted.
human
I see from the papers that you may be invited to join the Government. You will never join the Government, Grayle, or, if you do, you'll leave it before you have time to find out where your office is. If you retire voluntarily, you may live to an honoured old age; if you force O'Rane to go through with his petition, I'm afraid you'll have a very ugly fall.