human
So you're taboo! I said cheerfully.
gpt
That's the result of anything, from stringing pink and yellow shells on the same string to murdering your uncle's grandmother-in-law. Which have _you_ done?
human
I've been back there in the grass, he said,
gpt
Is that all?
human
As far as they know--yes.
gpt
Well! said I,
human
I don't know about grasses, he said,
gpt
I think I'll keep head-quarters on the schooner, I said,
human
I'll put you up for lunch right now, he said,
gpt
May I bring Don?
human
Why--yes--of course.
gpt
If you'd rather not?
human
No, bring him. I want to make friends again if I can.
gpt
Graves, I said,
human
Oh, no, he said.
gpt
She's coming. It's other things. I'll tell you by and by--everything. Don't mind me. I'm all right. Listen to the wind in the grass. That sound day and night is enough to put a man off his feed.
human
You say you found something very curious back there in the grass?
gpt
I found, among other things, a stone monolith. It's fallen down, but it's almost as big as the Flatiron Building in New York. It's ancient as days--all carved--it's a sort of woman, I think. But we'll go back one day and have a look at it. Then, of course, I saw all the different kinds of grasses in the world--they'd interest you more--but I'm such a punk botanist that I gave up trying to tell 'em apart. I like the flowers best--there's millions of 'em--down among the grass.... I tell you, old man, this island is the greatest curiosity-shop in the whole world.
human
Shut up, Don!