human
Anyhow, the beast has a certain meretricious beauty, I admitted.
gpt
Those red cushions and all that bright metal work give an effect of luxury.
human
Amateurs _do_ notice such things, sir, said he.
gpt
Professionals don't care much about the body; it's the motor that interests them. He lifted a sort of lattice which muzzled the dragon's mouth, disclosing some bulbous cylinders and a tangle of pipes and wires.
human
It's the _dernier cri_. That engine will work as long as there's a drop of essence in the carburetter, and will carry you at forty miles an hour, without feeling a hill which would set many cars groaning and puffing. It will do the work of twenty horses, and more----
gpt
Yet I shouldn't be _really_ surprised if one horse had to tow it some day,
human
You'll soon apologise to Mercédès for your doubts of her, for motors are their own missionaries, she said, her eyes laughing through a triangular talc window.
gpt
You will have learned to love her before you know what has happened, just as you would the real Mercédès, if you could see her.