human
What's the first move?
gpt
I have been thinking about that,
human
Of course, we must have him arrested.
gpt
Certainly we must.
human
Oh, no, don't, don't!
gpt
It is too late to plead now, said young Randolph.
human
You should have thought of this before committing the evil that you have done.
gpt
But I am an old man, and he led me into it.
human
Who?
gpt
Mortimer, Felix Mortimer. If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't er done it.
human
Oh, that don't go with us, said Bob.
gpt
I heard the whole story tonight. You was into the game with him, and now you're trapped you wanter squeal, that's what you do. But it won't do you no good. You are a bad lot from way back--gettin' boys to steal things for you!
human
Don't have me arrested, boys, whined the old villain, now trying to work on their sympathy.
gpt
It would kill me. I am so old.
human
Do you expect sympathy from me, after your heartless treatment?
gpt
He made me do it,
human
Nonsense, you could have taken me out of that old cellar if you had wanted to do so.
gpt
Yes, and do you think you would er showed me any sympathy, if you'd got me into your clutches alone?
human
I wouldn't have been hard on you.
gpt
No, you wouldn't, said the young detective, sarcastically.
human
Your talk tonight, when I was hid away, sounded as if you wouldn't er been hard on me--oh, no, you wouldn't. I could tell that from the way you plunged at me just now, when you came through that door with your war paint on.