human
Haven’t seen much of lithography, eh?
gpt
I say, you know this place is much too hot.
human
Well, said Edwin.
gpt
What do you expect in August?
human
But what’s the object of all that glass roof?
gpt
I wanted to give ’em plenty of light. At the old shop they hadn’t enough, and Karl, the Teuton there, was always grumbling.
human
Why didn’t you have some ventilation in the roof?
gpt
We did think of it. But Johnnie Orgreave said if we did we should never be able to keep it watertight.
human
It certainly isn’t right as it is, said Ingpen.
gpt
And our experience is that these skylighted rooms that are too hot in summer are too cold in winter. How should you like to have your private office in here?
human
Oh! protested Edwin.
gpt
It isn’t so bad as all that.
human
I should suggest you think it over--I mean the ventilation.
gpt
But you don’t mean to say that this shop here doesn’t comply with your confounded rules?
human
That may or may not be. But we’re entitled to make recommendations in any case, and I should like you to think this over, if you don’t mind. I haven’t any thermometer with me, but I lay it’s ninety degrees here, if not more.
gpt
All serene,