human
What have I done to make you forget how to talk?
gpt
You? Nothing at all, he hastened to say. Then he took the first step in the fatal road of attempting to account for himself.
human
But I have forgotten, just the same. It has been years since I have had a chance to talk to a woman. Do you wonder that I have lost the knack?
gpt
How dreadful! she laughed. And afterward, with a return to the half-serious mood which had threatened to reopen the door so lately slammed in the face of temptation:
human
Perhaps we shall come back to Niqo--Niqoy--I simply _can't_ say it without sneezing--and then you might relearn some of the things you have forgotten. Wouldn't that be delightful?