human
How old are you?
gpt
Seventeen. I mean--I'm going on eighteen.
human
Have you ever worked before?
gpt
I've written things.
human
What have you written?
gpt
Poetry, I said, and stopped because he said again in that lost voice,
human
My God!
gpt
What else?
human
I had a story published in _The Star_, I said.
gpt
I've got it here, if you'd like to see it.
human
What else have you done?
gpt
I taught myself shorthand, I said,
human
How can you do that if you've had no experience as a stenographer?
gpt
I got a shorthand book, I said eagerly.
human
It's not at all hard to teach yourself after you learn the rudiments. My sister showed me that. She's secretary to the Premier of Canada. As soon as I had learned shorthand, I acquired practice and speed by going to church and prayer-meetings and taking down sermons.
gpt
Not a bad idea. And then added,
human
What do you think you are going to do here?
gpt
Write for your paper,
human
What?
gpt
Why--anything--poetry--
human
I know you don't want me, I said,
gpt
What about the money I paid for you to come here? he snarled.
human
Think I'm going to lose that?
gpt
Sit!
human
when her