human
I beg your pardon, Miss Lindsay, I thought-- He left his sentence unfinished, and began another.
gpt
I heard some one moving about below, and knowing that the household was still upstairs, I thought it might be some one who had no business here, so hurried down to see who it was.
human
Morgan, who has been interfering with my father's things?
gpt
I beg your pardon; I don't quite follow.
human
Where's the Satsuma vase? and the powder blues? and the bronzes? and all sorts of things?
gpt
Have they been removed?
human
You can see for yourself that they've been removed; who has taken them? where are they?
gpt
They do seem to have been removed, don't they? As you say, all sorts of things.
human
Didn't you know they had been removed?
gpt
Perhaps Mr. Nash has had it done; or Dr. Banyard.
human
Why should they? Besides, neither of them has been here since Saturday; and the things were here then, because I saw them.
gpt
Ah, if you saw them that doesn't look as if they could have had it done, does it? But--may I ask, Miss Lindsay, how it matters?
human
How it matters, Morgan--the things are worth a great deal of money.
gpt
Isn't that all the more reason why they shouldn't be allowed to fall into the hands of--I don't wish to cause you pain, Miss Lindsay--of those who are coming?
human
What do you mean?
gpt
Don't you know? Then, in that case, Miss Lindsay, I will have inquiries made, and will inform you, at the earliest possible moment, of the result.