human
It is quite useless to ask who she is?
gpt
Quite useless.
human
She is married?
gpt
Certainly I have not said so.
human
Have you those letters?
gpt
One of them I'll show you.
human
Why not the other?
gpt
It would be wasting time. It merely relates to your adventure. She sailed the day after you dined with her.
human
That accounts for the shutters. The police and the caretaker were bribed.
gpt
I suspect they were.
human
If I were a vain man, and you know I am not, I might ask you if she spoke well of me in this letter. Understand, I am not inquiring.
gpt
But you put the question as adroitly as a woman. We are sure of vanity always. Yes, she spoke of you. She found you to be an agreeable gentleman. But, with gentle malice,
human
Come, give me the death-stroke and have done with it. Tell me what you dare, and I'll be content with it.
gpt
I expected that you would be asking questions, so I came prepared. I did not tell my husband for that very reason. He would have insisted upon knowing everything. Here, read this. It is only a glimpse.
human
Don't bother, she said.
gpt
The name is only a nickname we gave her at school.
human
School? Do you mean to tell me that you went to school with her? Where?
gpt
In Pennsylvania first; then in Milan. Read.