human
She says there is a very nice room at the back----
gpt
Oh, of course, you _would_ think it delightful for me to have a room at the back. Nobody but _you_ ever _does_ appreciate beauty, views or anything of that kind. When am I to go?
human
The room will be ready on Wednesday. But, listen, Ferdie, if you think you can't bear it, why don't you write to Mrs. Bishop yourself and ask her to look out something for you? You see, she knows you, so she'd take more pains than if I wrote----
gpt
Yes, that's possible, she might, he answered.
human
Nice little woman, Mrs. Bishop, and although she is only a boarding-house keeper, she knows a gentleman when she sees him.
gpt
Well, I'll go and write to her. I suppose you've got some money, my dear? I paid my last cent to the income-tax man the other day. I'm sure you needn't have declared all that money to them, Violet----
human
I only told them the truth, Ferdie.