human
Potter, said Tom,
gpt
I'm beginning to think there's something to this rigmarole you've been talking. This deal at the Mexican border has shown us up bad.... Something's got to be done.... It got my goat, by Jove! that's what it did. And I'll tell you what I'm going to do--I'm going to Plattsburg this summer.
human
It's fierce, the state we're in, Tom went on.
gpt
Why, what the devil would happen if some regular nation landed an army on the coast--say a couple of hundred thousand men? By the time we got ready to fight the war'd be over with and we'd be cleaned up plenty.
human
You make me tired, O'Mera said.
gpt
Potter with his aeroplanes, and now you with your Plattsburg. He looked up and nodded across the room to Cantor.
human
Your snappy little friend is running around a lot with that man Cantor,
gpt
Who do you mean?
human
The von Essen girl.... She wants to go easy with that boy--he plays marbles for keeps.... Rides with him, dances with him, eats with him. None of my damn business.
gpt
It isn't,