human
Pleased to meet you, duke! she said.
gpt
I guess we may have made a mistake. We thought--well, we thought you were a friend of ours--but I don't quite see how you fell for it. Dicky, turn round and take the gentleman back!
human
No, no! said the duke hastily.
gpt
That is, you are going my way, so if you don't mind--my friends will be gone by now!
human
Certainly. Keep ahead, Dick! said Pinto heartily.
gpt
Pleased to have a duke along. That's what we came to Europe for, you know--like all vulgar Americans. So we'll drop you any place you say.
human
That's really frightfully kind, Mr. Pegg, said the duke.
gpt
You see, I am expected to visit the Gordons, who have rented a château at Deux Arbres and when you called, Miss Pegg, I thought they had come to meet me. We shall pass there shortly, and if you will just set me down in the village I shall be all right and fearfully grateful.
human
Why, that's the place where the famous panels by Scarpia are! I exclaimed.
gpt
They were painted at the order of Cardinal Perigino in 1754.
human
Right! said he.
gpt
Do you know the Gordons, by any chance?
human
No, I replied.
gpt
But I know my Burke's History of the Sixteenth Century Italian Painters.
human
Oh! said he.
gpt
How odd and delightful.