human
When were they to have met you?
gpt
At one o'clock.
human
It is now five past. You are certainly not going to wait any longer. Come with me, and we will whistle for cabs.
gpt
Don't be absurd!
human
Come along. I want to talk to you about my future.
gpt
I shall certainly do nothing of the kind, said Ann, rising. She went with him to the door.
human
Teddy would never forgive me. She got into the cab.
gpt
It's only because you have appealed to me to help you discuss your future, she said, as they drove off.
human
Nothing else would have induced me . . .
gpt
I know, said Jimmy.
human
I felt that I could rely on your womanly sympathy. Where shall we go?
gpt
Where do you want to go? Oh, I forget that you have never been in New York before. By the way, what are your impressions of our glorious country?
human
Most gratifying, if only I could get a job.
gpt
Tell him to drive to Delmonico's. It's just around the corner on Forty-fourth Street.
human
There are some things round the corner, then?
gpt
That sounds cryptic. What do you mean.
human
You've forgotten our conversation that night on the ship. You refused to admit the existence of wonderful things just round the corner. You said some very regrettable things that night. About love, if you remember.
gpt
You can't be going to talk about love at one o'clock in the afternoon! Talk about your future.
human
Love is inextricably mixed up with my future.
gpt
Not with your immediate future. I thought you said that you were trying to get a job. Have you given up the idea of newspaper work, then?
human
Absolutely.
gpt
Well, I'm rather glad.