human
I have, said the Colonel,
gpt
I am already familiar with it.
human
Ah! And what do you think of it?
gpt
It is grotesque.
human
Good! I like a clean-cut expression of opinion such as that, sir. Now tell me your criticisms on the law as it stands, and what you suggest as remedies.
gpt
We may go right ahead, said he.
human
I wish you would block out a series of articles--eight, ten, or twelve, as you think best--designed to prepare the public mind for a thorough-going reform and point the way that the reform should take. Bring this schedule to me to-morrow, if you will be so good, and we will go over it together.
gpt
By the bye, said the Colonel, unluckily struck by a thought,
human
I myself wrote a preliminary article on tax reform a week or so ago, meaning to follow it up with others later on. Perhaps you had best read that before--
gpt
I have already read it.
human
Ah! How did it strike you?
gpt
You ask me that?
human
Certainly,
gpt
Well, since you ask me, I will say that I thought it rather amusing.