human
We've been interviewing animals of various sorts for you all day, she said.
gpt
I've had a kind of employment agency for mules, and have taken their characters and capacities. But----
human
There's a 'but,' is there?
gpt
Well, the nicest beasts are all engaged for days ahead, or else their owners can't spare them for a long trip; or else they're too young; or else they're too old; or else they're _hideous_. At least, there's one who's hideous, and I'm sorry to say he's the only one you can have.
human
But the landlord says there are dozens of mules at Martigny.
gpt
A mere mirage.
human
No, he has telephoned. But you'll look at the one here, I suppose, if only as a matter of form? I think he's outside now.
gpt
Let him be brought before me,