human
You've surprised our secret, she exclaimed,
gpt
That is why I played truant, Dartrey put in,
human
I can't wish you happiness, because you have found it, he said.
gpt
Wise and wonderful people! Let me see if your coffee is what I should expect, Nora, he went on.
human
To tell you the truth, I have had rather a disturbed breakfast.
gpt
So have we, Dartrey observed.
human
You mean the Leeds figures, of course?
gpt
I haven't even opened a newspaper.
human
Horlock went down himself yesterday to speak for his candidate. Our man is in by five thousand, seven hundred votes.
gpt
Amazing!
human
It is the greatest reversal of figures in political history, Dartrey declared.
gpt
Listen, Tallente. I was quite prepared to go the Session, as you know, but Horlock's had enough. He is asking for a vote of confidence on Tuesday. He'll lose by at least sixty votes.
human
And then?
gpt
We can't put it off any longer. We shall have to take office. I shall be sent for as the nominal leader of the party and I shall pass the summons on to you. Here is a list of names. Some of them we ought to see unofficially at once.
human
I know, Dartrey said sympathetically,
gpt
Has he agreed to serve under me?
human
We have never directly discussed the subject, Dartrey replied.
gpt
He posed rather as the ambassador when we came to you at Martinhoe, but as a matter of fact, if it interests you to know it, he was strongly opposed to my invitation to you. I am expecting him here every moment--in fact, he telephoned that he was on the way an hour ago.