human
Meantime, he went on abruptly,
gpt
Yes.... Do I understand that you--derive your living from these social laws that you write up for others to practice?
human
Oh, no--impossible! There is no living to be made there. When my book comes out there may be a different story, but that is two years and ten months off. Every minute taken from it for the making of money is, as you may now understand, decidedly unfortunate. Still, he added depressedly,
gpt
I must arrange to earn something, I suppose, since my father's assistance is so problematical. I worked for money in New York, for awhile.
human
Oh--did you?
gpt
Yes, I helped a lady write a thesaurus.
human
Oh....
gpt
It was a mere fad with her. I virtually wrote the work for her and charged her five dollars an hour. He looked at her narrowly.
human
Do you happen to know of any one here who wants work of that sort done?
gpt
Sociology, she had easily picked out, but the chapter heading, on the opposite page, was more troublesome, and, deeply absorbed, she had now just succeeded in deciphering it. The particular division of his subject in which Mr. Queed was so much engrossed was called
human
Man's Duty to His Neighbors.
gpt
I beg your pardon?
human
I asked if you knew of any lady here, a wealthy one, who would like to write a thesaurus as a fad.