human
I thought you weren't coming over!
gpt
I changed my mind.
human
I've got it! I've been trying all this while to think where it was that I saw you before. It was on the _Atlantic_!
gpt
Did you come over on the _Atlantic_, Mr. Crocker? she said.
human
Surely not? We crossed on her ourselves. We should have met.
gpt
Don't call me Mr. Crocker, said Jimmy.
human
Call me Jimmy. Your mother's brother's wife's sister's second husband is my father. Blood is thicker than water. No, I came over on the _Caronia_. We docked this morning.
gpt
Well, there was a fellow just like you on the _Atlantic_,
human
I suppose I'm a common type,
gpt
You remember the man I mean, said Mr. Pett, innocently unconscious of the unfriendly thoughts he was encouraging in two of his hearers.
human
He sat two tables away from us at meals. You remember him, Nesta?
gpt
As I was too unwell to come to meals, I do not.
human
Why, I thought I saw you once talking to him on deck, Ann.
gpt
Really? said Ann.
human
I don't remember any one who looked at all like Jimmy.
gpt
Well, said Mr. Pett, puzzled.
human
It's very strange. I guess I'm wrong. He looked at his watch.
gpt
Well, I'll have to be getting back to the office.
human
I'll come with you part of the way, uncle Pete, said Jimmy.
gpt
I have to go and arrange for my things to be expressed here.
human
Why not phone to the hotel? said Mr. Pett. It seemed to Jimmy and Ann that he was doing this sort of thing on purpose.
gpt
Which hotel did you leave them at?
human
No, I shall have to go there. I have some packing to do.
gpt
You will be back to lunch?
human
Thanks. I shan't be gone more than half an hour.