human
You shall ride my own horse, said the girl.
gpt
She is perfectly gentle and has a very easy gait. I'm sure you'll have not the slightest trouble with her.
human
And you?
gpt
I'll find something about town; it doesn't matter what.
human
This, said the doctor,
gpt
But you will go?
human
Ah, yes, the trip to the ranch! groaned the doctor.
gpt
Let me see: the physical obstacles to such a trip while many are not altogether insuperable, I may say; in the meantime the moral urge which compels me towards the ranch seems to be of the first order. He sighed.
human
Is it not strange, Miss Cumberland, that man, though distinguished from the lower orders by mind, so often is controlled in his actions by ethical impulses which override the considerations of reason? An observation which leads us towards the conclusion that the passion for goodness is a principle hardly secondary to the passion for truth. Understand that I build the hypothesis only tentatively, with many reservations, among which--
gpt
I will put together a few of my things, said the doctor,
human
Good! said the girl,
gpt
I'll be waiting for you with two horses before you are ready.
human
But why are you so sure that you will be ready before I--
gpt
There is an element of the unexplainable in woman, said the doctor, and resumed his way to his room. Once there, something prompted him to act with the greatest possible speed. He tossed his toilet articles and a few changes of linen into a small, flexible valise and ran down the stairs. He reached the veranda again, panting, and the girl was not in sight; a smile of triumph appeared on the grave, colourless lips of the doctor.
human
Feminine instinct, however, is not infallible, he observed to himself, and to one of the cowboys, lounging loosely in a chair nearby, he continued his train of thoughts aloud:
gpt
Though the verity of the feminine intuition has already been thrown in a shade of doubt by many thinkers, as you will undoubtedly agree.
human
Now what in hell d'you mean by that?
gpt
There is unnecessary violence in your remark, sir.
human
Duck your glasses, said the worthy in question.
gpt
You ain't talkin' to a book, you're talking to a man.
human
And in your attitude, went on the doctor,
gpt
I don't foller your words, said the cattleman,