human
Where's my necklace, please?
gpt
The necklace, I replied, as severely as I could,
human
You mean to say you have sent it back?
gpt
Certainly! I replied.
human
I posted it to her early this morning.
gpt
Say, do I understand you rightly? he continued, coming up and laying his great hand upon my shoulder.
human
You mean to say that, after all we went through because of that miserable necklace, you've gone and chucked it? Do you know it was worth twenty-five thousand pounds?
gpt
I don't care whether it was worth twenty-five thousand pounds or twenty- five thousand pennies! retorted I.
human
It belonged to Lady Orstline--not to you or your daughter or to me. I know that you are a skillful conjurer and I won't ask you how it found its way into my pocket. I am only glad I have had an opportunity of returning it to its owner.
gpt
This, he said solemnly,
human
Nothing at all! she replied flippantly.
gpt
He is absolutely useless!
human
If you think, Mr. Parker went on,
gpt
he concluded,
human
Look here! I said.
gpt
Let us understand one another. It's all very well to live by your wits; to make a little out of people not quite so smart as you are; to worry through life owing a little here and there, borrowing a bit where you can and taking good care to be on the right side when there's a bargain going. That, I take it, is more or less what is meant by being an adventurer. But when it comes to downright thieving I protest! The penalties are too severe. I beg you, Mr. Parker, to have nothing more to do with it!
human
I ask you now what I asked you yesterday: Give me your daughter! Or if I can't win her all at once let me at any rate have the opportunity of meeting her and trying to persuade her to be my wife. I promise you you shan't have to do any of these things for a living--either of you. Be sensible, Miss Parker--Eve! I begged, turning to her;