human
You mean to say that Philip Gaillarde has gone into Italy to arrest Sir Luton?
gpt
That is exactly how I would put it.
human
And that he knows the whole story?
gpt
I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. He has been told that Luton Delayne was the man, and he has obtained permission to go to Locarno and to help the police there. It is his own idea—though the local police should be very well able to help themselves. The question for us is one of social jurisprudence. Is it good for the other English, for the people who come here every year, to have this scandal to their discredit? I would go further, and ask, is it at any time wise to push such a case against such a family as the Delaynes? Speaking for myself, I don’t think it is. Luton Delayne is a modern type; I suppose in New York they would understand him very well; but here we are educated slowly. The Swiss police are a little more ignorant than ourselves. I have had a chat with Ardlot, the French secretary at the hotel, and he tells me that they will be merciless if they succeed in arresting the man. We know what that means; perhaps we are interested enough to ask how others might take it.
human
Wouldn’t the singular number be better, Doctor? Shouldn’t we say ’one other’?
gpt
If you like it so, by all means. But, let me tell you, I am talking quite in the dark; I don’t know where Gaillarde speaks the truth; I am quite unaware if Delayne is in Italy, or no. That’s why I came to you—
human
Then you believe that I know?
gpt
I am sure you do.