human
Go away, he said.
gpt
Don't disturb me just now. I am watching the little fishes. Life is so complicated! Let us pray. I have begun a new novel and a new love-affair.
human
God prosper both!
gpt
Thanks. But supposing the publisher always objects to your choicest paragraphs?
human
I am not altogether surprised, if they are anything like what you once read to me out of your unexpurgated 'House of the Seven Harlots.' Why not try another firm? They might be more accommodating. Try mine.
gpt
They are all alike. It is with publishers as with wives: one always wants somebody else's. And when you have them, where's the difference? Ah, let us pray. These little fishes have none of our troubles.
human
With Christ at Harvard,