human
What do you mean, Mr. Headley? I must ask! You told me just now that you had no intention of making love to me.
gpt
I told you the truth, said he, in his quiet impassive voice.
human
I fixed on these lines as a _pis aller_; and they have done all and more than I wished, by bringing you back here for at least a moment.
gpt
And do you suppose--you speak like a rational man, therefore, I must treat you as one--that I can grant your request?
human
Why not? It is an uncommon one. If I have guessed your character aright, you are able to do uncommon things. Had I thought you enslaved by etiquette, and by the fear of a world which you can make bow at your feet if you will, I should not have asked you. But, --and here his voice took a tone of deepest earnestness--
gpt
What shall I give him?