human
I'm just going to have a look in your kitchen,
gpt
No use, I replied.
human
The rabbit-pie was finished yesterday.
gpt
Saucy puss, ain't you?
human
Well, you might be a sport and tell a girl what you're after.
gpt
Cabman, driving past here a few minutes ago, saw a man jump the area-railings and make a burglarious entry by the kitchen window.
human
Is that all? I said.
gpt
A man did enter that way a few minutes ago, but it was not a burglar. It was Master Edward, Mrs. Pettifer's eldest son. He'd lost his latch-key--he's always doing it--and that's how it happened. He went straight upstairs to bed, or he'd confirm what I say.
human
Went straight up to bed, did he? Did he take his legs off first? I notice there's a pair of them sticking out from under the kitchen table.
gpt
Yes, I admitted,
human
I've told better lies in my time. Oh, Mr. Policeman, don't be hard. I never wanted my young man to come larking about like this. But--he's not a burglar. He's the exhibit from the Auto-extensor Co.'s in Regent Street. You can pull out the rest of him and see if he isn't.
gpt
That's what I told the cabman, said the policeman.
human
I said to him: 'You juggins,' I said, 'do you think a burglar who wants to get into a house waits till a cab's going past and then gives a acrobatic exhibition to attract the driver's attention? That's some young fool after one of the maids.' No, I don't want to see the rest of the young man--not if he's like the sample. Get him unwound as soon as you can, and send him about his business. If he's not out in two minutes, I shall ring the front door, and you'll be in the cart. And don't act so silly another time.