human
I didn't know you could be so convincing, was Miss Genevieve's comment.
gpt
It was splendid! Nobody will ever believe that you are going to go on building your dam and threatening to drown us, after this.
human
What did I say?
gpt
As if you didn't know! she laughed.
human
You congratulated everybody: us Mirapolitans upon our near-city, the miners on their gold output, the manufacturers on their display in the parade, the railroad on its energy and progressive spirit, and the visitors on their perspicuity and good sense in coming to see the latest of the seven wonders of the modern world. And the funny thing about it is that you didn't say a single word about the Niquoia dam.
gpt
Didn't I? That shows how completely your father has converted me, how helplessly I am carried along on the torrent of events.
human
But you are not, she said accusingly.
gpt
Deep down in your inner consciousness you don't believe a little bit in Mirapolis. You are only playing the game with the rest of us, Mr. Brouillard. Sometimes I am puzzled to know why.
human
Your father would probably tell you that I have a stake in the game--as everybody else has.
gpt
Not Mr. Grislow?
human
No, not Grizzy; I forgot him.
gpt
Doesn't he want to make money?
human
No; yes, I guess he does, too. But he is--er--well, I suppose you might call him a man of one idea.
gpt
Meaning that he is too uncompromisingly honest to be one of us? I think you are right.