human
Don't you think we're running entirely too close to the wind?
gpt
My dear Quib, answered Gottlieb soothingly,
human
I don't know! I answered, for I felt a curious premonition in the matter.
gpt
Something tells me that we ought to take no chances.
human
Come, come! quoth Gottlieb, with a light show of irritation.
gpt
Don't lose your nerve. You've done many a worse thing than this, to my own knowledge!