human
If I don't get those Alan Richardson roses to do this year--why, the devil fly away with me!
gpt
Really you should not swear! said I.
human
What would Miss Balfour-Lansdowne say to that at Selborne College?
gpt
Oh, sometimes we said a good deal worse than that on the hockey ground, or in the heat of an argument. Besides, if you did not want to hear, you need not have followed me.
human
Rhoda Polly, I said,
gpt
Yes, I know, owned up Rhoda Polly, who scorned concealment.
human
Well, what have you to tell me now that you are here? I let you go just now and unbosom yourself to the Paternal without complaining. That was only playing the game, but certainly you owe it to me to stand and deliver as soon as you got clear.
gpt
Well, and here I am, Rhoda Polly--which will you have--plain narrative--question and answer--the Socratic method, or a judicious mixture of the two?