human
She has three hundred marks yet,
gpt
Yes, I see, --and I turned to go. But I paused and stepped again to the window.
human
There is another girl I would like to look up, I said,
gpt
Do you know the date of her arrival?
human
Yes, she has been here four years and six days. The name is Marguerite.
gpt
Try these, he said, and he brought me the volumes. The second record I inspected read:
human
Marguerite, 78 K 4, Love-child.
gpt
Have you read the book I left?
human
Not all of it, she replied,
gpt
I found it rather dull.
human
Then perhaps I had better take it with me.
gpt
But I think I shall keep it awhile,
human
No, I insisted, as I looked about and failed to see the geography,
gpt
I wish you would get it for me. I want to take it back, in fact it was a borrowed book.
human
Most likely, she smiled archly,
gpt
See here, I cried,
human
And what--, she asked, while through her child-like mask the subtle trickery of her nature mocked me with a look of triumph--
gpt
I shall do nothing. I ask only that you return the book.
human
But books are so valuable,
gpt
Really Karl, she purred,
human
Will you get me the book?
gpt
And lose you?
human
Well, what of it? You can get plenty more fools like me.
gpt
Yes, but I would have to stand and stare into that fountain for hours at a time. It is very tiresome.
human
Just what do you want?
gpt
Why you,
human
I want that book, I said coldly,
gpt
How many blanks have you there? she asked with a greedy light in her eyes--
human
Now, I said,
gpt
Go get the book,
human
But you are unfair, said Bertha,
gpt
That is so,