human
Now, let us see if Fate is good-natured,
gpt
I must laugh at you, Jack, said the girl, suiting the action to the word.
human
The idea of expecting to find a gondola now, way over here.
gpt
Stranger things have happened. Suppose, suddenly standing still and looking down into her eyes,—
human
I never wish for impossibilities.
gpt
Do you expect me to believe that?
human
Well, I try not to.
gpt
But wish for this. You know it is possible to have strawberries in January.
human
What a great boy you are still, Jack. Very well, I wish that two gondoliers may have been attacked by an unusual access of laziness this evening, have denied their craft to all applicants, and skulked over here away from the crowd, and that they may be waiting for us now in the shadow of the willow. Any more midsummer madness you would like me to indulge in?
gpt
Behold! he said.
human
Mildred, what a witch you are! This is necromancy.