human
Oh, that was for my Persian cat, Teddy.
gpt
My dear sir, Laurence resumed, after a short pause,
human
Except what?
gpt
Except in one particular--the cause, as you very well know, of my presence here to-night.
human
I am quite at a loss to understand what you mean, Mr.----.
gpt
Carrington, as you are also well aware.
human
Carrington! Oh, indeed! No relation, I suppose, to Major Harold Carrington, who was formerly stationed at Madras?
gpt
No; I have not heard of any relative who was an Indian officer. Curiously enough, though, my father is Harold Carrington. But pray let us put an end to all this twaddle. I was forgetting that you know as well as I do all about my unfortunate father.
human
Really, Mr. Carrington, you amaze me. I can't imagine what you mean when you speak as you do. I was formerly intimately acquainted with a Major Carrington (who, as I have already stated, was an Indian officer of repute) when I was living at Madras, but since you say that your father is not that Harold Carrington, I regret that I have not the pleasure of his acquaintance, though you so persistently declare that I have.