human
We're in Larchmont, sitting on a rock and trying to be dignified in the midst of preposterous adversity, he reminded her.
gpt
Have an apple?
human
You did go away, didn't you?
gpt
Oh, hear the woman! Certainly I did. I sneaked off as soon as you hit the hay. I'm not cut out for a martyr. But I notice you're not above accepting the fruits of my enterprise. Now, are you ready to be reasonable?
human
I'm always reasonable,
gpt
So? Well, listen, then: I have made discoveries.
human
Those apples come from a toy orchard. The orchard is part of the backyard of a house. This place where we are sitting is part of the waterfront adjoining that house. So much I have learned by being cautious as well as intrepid. Do I bore you?
gpt
Hurry!
human
In the other part of that backyard, nearest to the house, is something even more important than food. Can you guess?
gpt
Clothes?
human
Not exactly the word, said Pete.
gpt
It is better to say the week's wash. My dear seagoing secretary, there is wash enough in that backyard not only for you and me, but for the whole crew of the _Sunshine_, if they had happened to be cast away with us.
human
Well, if there are clothes there, for Heaven's sake, why didn't you bring some? I'm getting chilly.
gpt
Wash, I said; not clothes. You'll understand when you see. The reason I didn't bring any is simple: it was still broad daylight. Back in the orchard I had partial concealment among the trees, but I took chances, even there. To have invaded the raiment department would have been foolhardiness, for which I have never been celebrated. So I merely located the outfit and provided myself with food.
human
In a very short time it will be twilight, and when twilight comes we will see what can be done to remove a rival from the path of Annette Kellerman.