human
Now sit down, she whispered.
gpt
They can't hear us talkin', though we'd better whisper for safety, but two sets of footsteps might sound suspicious. The halls are carpeted like a padded cell, which ought to have put me wise in the beginning.
human
Are you sure Annette's abed?
gpt
Sure, she said--
human
I'll promise that, he said.
gpt
Won't you tell me what I'm going to see?
human
You'll know in ten minutes, she said.
gpt
Now don't bother me with any questions. I've got directions for you. You're coming with me to the floor below. I'll let you into a hall closet. It was built into a--into a room, and the back of it is only wood. There's an old gas connection, which they papered over, through that wood. Yesterday I punched through the paper and hung a picture over the hole. This afternoon, I took that picture down. To-morrow morning, the picture goes back. But now, there's a peephole into the room.
human
Peep through a hole!
gpt
Now ain't that just like a fashionable bringin-up, said Rosalie, almost raising her voice.
human
Things a gentleman can do an' things he can't do! You're tryin' to bust a crook, an' you remember what your French nurse told you about the etiquette of keyholes!
gpt
You're my master at argument, Mme. Le Grange, responded Blake.
human
Go ahead.
gpt
And you promise to leave quiet?
human
I promise.
gpt
There's one place I can trust your bringin'-up, I guess. When you're inside, feel about till you find a hassock. Stand on it; 't will bring your eyes up to the hole. Stay there until I knock for you to come out--let's be goin'.
human
But what am I to do--why am I here if I am to do nothing?
gpt
You're to look an' see an' remember what you see--that's all for to-night.
human
Remember, you've promised.
gpt
I remember.