human
Where is the house of Argetti in New York located?
gpt
I cannot tell you.
human
You do not know?
gpt
I know, yes, for in that house are many articles of great value belonging to me.
human
Presents from Argetti?
gpt
Yes.
human
I am afraid it is dangerous property for you to claim.
gpt
I shall never claim anything except the money. I will need that when I flee.
human
Where will you go? Will you return to Italy?
gpt
No, I dare not go there.
human
And your money is in that house?
gpt
Yes.
human
Let me see. We will go to New York at once, and you shall go and get the money and then report back to me.
gpt
No, I shall not go there to-night.
human
Why not?
gpt
Very well, then return to your humbler home to-night, and I will call out and see you to-morrow.
human
No, I will not return there.
gpt
Why not?
human
I dare not. The attack upon me proves that I am under suspicion. Argetti's friends would not spare me.
gpt
Do his neighbors know his character?
human
No.
gpt
Did he have visitors at the house where I first met you?
human
No.
gpt
They called upon him frequently at his home in New York. They must have warned him of danger.
human
You can return to your late home. Argetti will not return to that house. I shall take him to New York as a prisoner.
gpt
Then I must disappear at once.
human
Will you meet me to-morrow?
gpt
Yes.
human
Where?
gpt
I will meet you to-morrow night.
human
In New York?
gpt
Yes.
human
Very well, meet me at ----.
gpt
Very well, I shall remain here until morning to watch my prisoner, but to-morrow night I will meet you in New York at the place named.
human
I will meet you,
gpt
You here!
human
Yes.
gpt
This is treachery.
human
Do not use so harsh a term.
gpt
It is indeed treachery; you were to meet me to-morrow night.
human
Yes, and I will. I did not _meet_ you this time, I followed you.
gpt
You now have sealed my doom. They will follow me to the end of the world. They will know beyond all question that I am a traitress, or they will assume so.
human
I repeat, you need not fear these men.
gpt
I do not see how you succeeded in following me. I thought it possible and I watched; you were very clever.
human
Cleverness comes in the way of business with me.
gpt
What did you do with Argetti?
human
He will be in jail ere sunrise.
gpt
Then ere sunrise I must be as far from New York as I can get.
human
You will not get far.
gpt
I will not get far?
human
No.
gpt
What do you mean?
human
You are not the master of your own movements.
gpt
Then you have betrayed me.
human
No, I have not betrayed you. I have simply made you my prisoner.
gpt
I am your prisoner?
human
Yes.
gpt
It is as I feared; it is all over.