human
Miss Markham told me something about your stay in India. I've never been there yet. But of course no seasoned orientalist has any idea of dying without seeing India. I gathered from Miss Markham that you had some unusual experiences.
gpt
It's the dear child's enthusiasm, Mrs. Markham said. And it came to Blake at once that she was a little irritated.
human
I assure you we did not stir out of the conventional tourist route.
gpt
Your loot is all so interesting, he said, when she had finished.
human
Do tell me how you got it? Have you ever noticed what bully travelers' tales you get out of adventures in bargaining? Or better--looting? Those Johnnies who came out of Pekin--I mean the allied armies--tell some stories that are wonders.
gpt
That is true generally, Mrs. Markham agreed.
human
But I must confess that I did nothing more wonderful than to walk up to one of the bazaars and buy everything that I wanted.
gpt
That, Dr. Blake said mentally,
human
Auntie, do tell Dr. Blake about some of your adventures with those wonderful Yogis, and that fascinating rajah who was so kind to us.
gpt
The Yogis! commented Dr. Blake to himself;
human
Ha, ha, and ho, ho! I bet you learned a bag of tricks there, madam.
gpt
Why, Annette, dear. Mrs. Markham laughed her purring laugh--that laugh could grow, Dr. Blake discovered, until it achieved a singularly unpleasant quality.
human
Your romantic ideas are running away with you. Whenever we arrived anywhere, of course, like anybody else, I called at Government House and the authorities there always put me in the way of seeing whatever sights the neighborhood afforded. I met one rajah in passing and visited one Yogi monastery. Do tell me about the Philippines!