human
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.
gpt
Come, Jennie, it’s time you began to think about retiring.
human
Yes, mother; in a minute,
gpt
But do you know, child, that it is ten o’clock? an hour that is quite too late for more minutes to be allowed.
human
I know, mother, but I do so want to finish what I am reading.
gpt
You have been intent on that book for the last two hours, replied the mother,—