human
Freedom Talbot! she gasped at length.
gpt
I am horrified. The only safe place for you is the ranch. The moment I take you out into the civilized world it becomes necessary for me to sit up nights chaperoning you.
human
Never mind chaperoning me! I retorted.
gpt
My character is perfectly sound, no matter how my actions may at times appear. The main problem before us is to extricate you from the position you have got yourself into through making an appointment to meet this man who I am now absolutely convinced is simply a common servant.
human
Who you have got me dated up to meet, corrected Peaches.
gpt
And believe me, kid, I'm going to meet him. There's more to this than you think, my worthy nurse!
human
But, Peaches! I wailed.
gpt
When did you tell him to meet you, and where? Oh, why did I ever suggest such a thing?
human
How did you ever do such a stunt as walk that gutter? That's what gets me, old thing! she retorted.
gpt
Free, you--you little gutter snipe! And as for my date, it's for one o'clock at the fountain.
human
One o'clock! I said.
gpt
Why, everybody will see you.
human
Then they'll have some eyes! said she.
gpt
I mean one o'clock to-night. And you are to come along with me, dear confidential companion, and listen in on the whole thing.
human
Well, if you are determined to do it, of course, it is my duty to accompany you, I replied.
gpt
But I am beginning to be more and more convinced that you have simply let yourself in for a situation which is going to have dreadfully embarrassing consequences. If I had talked with that man before I delivered your note I would never, never have consented. You are merely making a fool of yourself.
human
Suppose I am mistaken? said she with a sudden fierceness, the irises of her golden eyes contracting as if she were a female tiger cat.
gpt
Suppose I am? Isn't it worth risking? Heavens, how I have suffered these six years! You don't know! You can't know! And now perhaps--a miracle! I feel, I know without proof, that this man is my man. I could no more stay away than I could stop breathing. And if you refuse to go with me I swear I will go alone--yes, if I go by the same route you took last night!
human
Alicia! I exclaimed, shocked at this strange and unladylike upheaval.
gpt
Of course I will go with you and make it as little improper as the circumstances permit. If nothing develops--er--nothing need be said, if you understand what I mean.
human
I get you!