human
Upsy-daisy now, Miss Kittredge, she said firmly.
gpt
It's time you started cooperating a little.
human
Although we might as well not have let 'em out of quarantine, the nurse grumbled.
gpt
They've just been living out there in the waiting room for a solid week, buttonholing everybody from doctors down to orderlies asking about you.
human
Whew, imagine having not just one guy but two of 'em, absolutely crazy about you. Just begging to see you, hold your hand a little. Two beautiful men like that! You ready to see them soon?
gpt
No, she said firmly.
human
I _never_ want to see them again.
gpt
Well, now, let me tell you something, Miss Kittredge, the nurse said, and this time there was a note of seriousness.
human
One of the symptoms of this sickness you picked up is that it makes you talk. Gal, you have talked a blue streak for the last week. We know everything, everything that happened, everything you thought about. The doctor understood how you might feel about things. So he told the lieutenant and Mr. Eade that you had got bitten about the time you were up in the rice swamp, and that you hadn't been responsible for anything you'd said for the last three days back there on New Earth.
gpt
Did they believe the doctor?
human
Sure they believed him, the nurse answered.
gpt
Sure they did. But you wanna know something? I've talked to those two men. And I've just got myself an idea that it wouldn't have made a particle of difference in the way they feel about you even if they didn't believe it. You're tops with those two guys, lady. Absolutely tip-top tops. The way you pitched in there, carried your share of things....