human
At last!
gpt
I went back to The Towers for a moment, said Kimberly in explanation.
human
Are Charles and Nelson here?
gpt
And is that all after a month--’Are Charles and Nelson here?’!
human
We have a conference to-night, you know, Lottie. How are you?
gpt
Why didn’t you call up last week when you were home to find out?
human
I was home only overnight. And I came late and left before you were awake. You know I have been at the new refinery for a week. We began melting yesterday.
gpt
At the big one?
human
At the big one.
gpt
This is the prettiest I’ve seen, said Lottie.
human
Who gave it to you?
gpt
Grace. What is the matter with it?
human
You are losing your decoration, she murmured with leisurely good-nature.
gpt
Nobody to do anything for you.
human
These things are a nuisance anyway, he declared at length, lifting the lei impatiently over his head and depositing it without more ado on a console.
gpt
We will leave it there.
human
Where else have you been all this time?
gpt
All over the country--even across the Rockies.
human
Across the Rockies! And a whole big car to yourself! You must love solitude. And now you are buying a lot of refineries.
gpt
Not I--the companies are.
human
Oh, it’s all the same.
gpt
Not precisely; this MacBirney purchase is not by my advice or with my approval.
human
He is in there now, Imogene is talking with him.
gpt
The trip was extremely tedious,
human
How could it be anything else with no friends along?
gpt
With McCrea and two secretaries and a stenographer, I hadn’t time to take any friends.
human
What is time for?
gpt
I should say in the West it is valuable for getting home with.
human
And when you do get home?
gpt
To build more; borrow more; control more; sell more; spend more. I’m speaking for all the rest of you, not for myself. I’m just the centrifugal to throw the money out.
human
Never by any chance to live more, I suppose?
gpt
You mean to eat and drink more? How could we?
human
I _don’t_ mean to eat and drink more. I mean just what I say, to live more!
gpt
Lord, but I’m sick of it all!