human
Yes, there are ghosts here,
gpt
Then you believe in ghosts?
human
Of course Uncle Harold believes in them, exclaimed Una.
gpt
I believe in them, and so do you.
human
That depends. Show me one and I might.
gpt
Well, commented Leighton;
human
Splendid! laughed David.
gpt
But you don't mean it. People never mean what they say when they talk approvingly of ghosts. You are known for a skeptic yourself, Mr. Leighton. You accept nothing that has not passed muster with science.
human
There may be a science of ghosts, retorted the savant.
gpt
Science is not limited to any department of human knowledge. A scientific theory is based on a collection of facts. How do you know I have not made a collection of ghost-facts?
human
And so have a new theory of ghosts to offer!
gpt
You don't really think those old monks come back, uncle?
human
Oh, I'm not going to tell the secrets of my laboratory so easily--and to such a pair of tyros,