human
You're a great man, Gran'pa, I said.
gpt
You make me feel quite old beside you.
human
There are times, George, when I have thought you were rather a stick-in-the-mud. But I've put it down to your job, and the fact that you are British.
gpt
I wish my brains had fizzled out in the examination room and I'd run away to sea.
human
Ah! That's the spirit. You'll be useless on this new job I shall have for you, unless you're full of fire. It'll require courage, initiative and plenty of _go_. There's only one member of the whole family who has those qualities at present.
gpt
You can't guess who it is, George?
human
No----!
gpt
It's Molly, of course. It was she who first put me on to this gland business. That, if you like, required courage and initiative. There's a great future before Molly. She's being lost in England, and I hope when the time comes that she'll join us in the venture.