human
Well met! he cried.
gpt
Socrates told me you were not coming home till much later.
human
But where have you been? she asked.
gpt
I imagined you were at Madame Pitou's ages ago.
human
As though you couldn't tell by my swollen appearance that I had supped on white wheat and fatted fowl, he rejoined.
gpt
Of course I was there. I've been escorting Peridot home. He took an extra appetizer on an empty stomach, and it upset him. How are the patients?
human
Dr. Garnier has set the broken arm and bandaged the sprain. He gave Mrs. Carmac a stiff dose of bromide, and she is asleep. She will recover if her nervous system withstands the shock.
gpt
It was an extraordinary misfortune that the owner of the yacht should be the one to have his head battered in. His wife realizes now that he is dead, I suppose?
human
Yes, she knows.