human
I'm a plain man of the sea, I rejoined, bluntly.
gpt
I take life as it comes.
human
But you have your secrets, rather clumsily guarded, to be sure----
gpt
What secrets?
human
Do you want every one on board to hear this conversation?
gpt
There is no reason why we should quarrel, he went on, after darkness had enveloped us again.
human
But there are times which call for plain speaking. Major Stanleigh is probably hardly aware of just what he said to me under a little artful questioning. It seems that a lady who--shall we say, whom we both have the honor of knowing?--is in love. Love, mark you. It is always interesting to see that flower bud twice from the same stalk. However, one naturally defers to a lady, especially when one is very much in her way. _Place aux dames_, eh? Exit poor Farquharson! You must admit that his was an altruistic soul. Well, she has her freedom--if only to barter it for a new bondage. Shall we drink to the happy future of that romance?