human
I wish you wouldn't go.
gpt
I shouldn't if it wasn't important. I don't want to annoy you more than I can help.
human
I don't see how anything can be important when--when there's nothing to be done.
gpt
There's a good deal to be done if we choose to do it; but we must choose at once. The Benn crowd is getting restive.
human
That doesn't make any difference to us. My father has decided to take the consequences of his acts.
gpt
You say that so serenely that I guess you don't understand yet just what they'd be.
human
I do--I do, perfectly. My father and I have talked it all over. We know it will be terrible; and yet it would be more terrible still to let some one else pay our debts. I dare say you think me monstrous, but--
gpt
I think you mistaken. I don't want to say more than that. If I find Mr. Guion of the same opinion--
human
I see. You don't consider my word sufficient.
gpt
Your word is all right, Miss Guion, he tried to laugh.
human
What you lack is authority. My dealings are with your father. I can't settle anything with--a substitute.
gpt
I don't presume to settle anything. I only thought I might give you some necessary information. I hoped, too, to save you a little trouble in sparing you the walk to Tory Hill.