human
I can't bear it, said Daphne.
gpt
Where's Mr. Lewis?
human
Happily he decided to catch a train twenty minutes ago. Otherwise it would have been murder. I should have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, committed under extreme provocation. That man oughtn't to be allowed. I suppose you forgot to go to New College. Yes, just so.
gpt
And the coal? said I.
human
Have you fixed that up?
gpt
Three tons of the best nuts are to be delivered _sub rosa_ between two and three to-morrow afternoon. Nothing is to be said, nothing signed. Nobody is to know anything about it. The carter will simply take up the plate, shoot the stuff in, and push off. As I happened to have six pounds ten shillings upon me, the transaction will not be recorded. With a depreciatory hand he waved aside the involuntary buzz of grateful admiration.
human
I am not long for this world. I am, as it were, ear-marked for a more worthy sphere. My translation may occur any moment. I should like Lewis to have some trifle in memory of me. A personal effect, I mean. I've got a gun-metal sovereign-case somewhere. But anything useful will do.