human
Thank you, sir, he said,
gpt
I did what I could, what I thought was my duty. And now, sir, about that reward.
human
Well, yes, sir, 'suitable reward,'
gpt
Mr. Thurman, and the Secretary's voice was serious and impressive,
human
But--but--I told you who the fellow was that had discovered the detector. Why, I even made drawings of it for you.
gpt
I don't doubt that, said the Secretary dryly.
human
There was only one weak point in your whole scheme, Mr. Thurman, and that was that Mr. Ready wrote us some time ago when he first began his experiments about his work and asked some advice. At that time he informed us that if he succeeded in producing a Universal Detector that it would be at the service of this government. So you see that you were kind enough to inform us of something we knew already. But for a time we were at a loss to know whether it was not some other inventor working on similar lines who had discovered such a detector. To find out definitely we fine-combed the country.
gpt
And--and I get no reward?
human
Except the one I mentioned and the possible lesson you may have learned from your experience. Good-afternoon, Mr. Thurman.