human
What d'you do, said Berry,
gpt
Change my rings, said Daphne.
human
Why?
gpt
I only wondered. D'you find that infallible?
human
Absolutely, she said.
gpt
Of course, I don't always remember what I've changed them for, but it shows me there's something I've forgotten.
human
I see. Then you've only got to remember what that is, and there you are. Why don't I wear rings?
gpt
Change your shoes instead, said I drowsily.
human
Or wear your waistcoat next to your skin. Then, whenever you want to look at your watch, you'll have to undress. That'll make you think.
gpt
You go and change your face, said Berry.
human
Don't wait for something to remember. Just go and do it by deed-poll. And then advertise it in _The Times_. You'll get so many letters of gratitude that you'll get tired of answering them.
gpt
I suppose, said my sister,
human
I wouldn't go as far as that, he said.
gpt
But I confess that at the back of my mind, in, as it were, the upper reaches of my memory, there is a faint ripple of suggestion for which I cannot satisfactorily account. Now, isn't that beautifully put?