human
Kennington Road Police Station,
gpt
Kennington or Kennington Road?
human
Kennington Road. There ain't no Kennington.
gpt
Ain't--I mean, aren't there? I always thought.... Never mind. How are the police?
human
I say this is Kennington Road Police Station,
gpt
I know you did. I heard you. Just now. If you remember, I asked you if it was Kennington or Kennington Road, and you said----
human
Supervisor,
gpt
This, said the salesman, spreading a rug upon the top of a fast-growing pile,
human
I suppose, said Berry,
gpt
I never came across one, sir.
human
They are rare, was the airy reply.
gpt
The best ones used to be made in Germany and sent to Egypt. By the tune the camels had finished with them, they'd fetch anything from a millionaire to a foxhound.
human
I think that's very nice, she said shakily.
gpt
Don't you?
human
Beautiful piece of work, I agreed.
gpt
Some of it appears to have been done after dinner, but otherwise....
human
The pattern is invariably a little irregular, sir.
gpt
Yes, said Berry.
human
That's what makes them so valuable. Their lives are reflected in their rugs. Every mat is a human document. With the ferrule of his umbrella he indicated a soft blue line that was straying casually from the course which its fellows had taken.
gpt
That, for instance, is where Ethel the Unready demanded a latchkey at the mature age of sixty-two. And here we see Uncle Sennacherib fined two measures of oil for being speechless before mid-day. I don't think we'd better give her this one, he added.
human
She-bat the Satyr seems to have got going about the middle, and from what I remember----
gpt
Haven't you got to go and get some socks?
human
I have. Will you meet me for lunch, or shall I meet you? I believe they do you very well at the Zoo.
gpt
I might have known, she said in a choking voice.
human
I was a fool to bring him.
gpt
Let's play at bears, said her husband.
human
It's a priceless game. Every one gets under a different rug and growls.