human
Back at last, are you?
gpt
What's the matter? Got one of your cranky fits? If so, you had best not worry me, for I'm in no mood for nonsense.
human
Neither am I, was the quiet reply.
gpt
But I am going to talk a little solid sense to you.
human
I won't listen to you. I'm tired, and want to sleep.
gpt
You will sleep soon, and soundly. Come into the drawing room.
human
How is the girl?
gpt
Asleep, under the influence of another dose of the drug.
human
Good! Well, what have you to say?
gpt
I shall not detain you long. I see by your manner that you have lost again to-night.
human
Nearly every cent I had with me.
gpt
As usual.
human
I shall never enter Billy's place again.
gpt
No, I don't think you will.
human
What do you mean? demanded Farley, uneasily.
gpt
I don't understand you to-night, Olga.
human
Don't you? Well, I will try to make myself understood.
gpt
Go on, then, and be quick about it. I'm dead tired.
human
I have stood by you for five years, have I not, Jack Farley?
gpt
Well, what of that? growled the man.
human
It has been to your interest to do so, hasn't it? Have you ever had a decent engagement that I have not obtained for you? And haven't I stuck to you, too? See here, Olga, I am in no mood for recriminations this morning, and you may as well quit just where you are. I see you are going to have one of your tantrums; well, you can have it all by yourself.
gpt
Wait,
human
What's the matter with you to-night? demanded Farley.
gpt
Have you gone crazy?
human
Perhaps. At any rate, I will compel you to listen to me.
gpt
You will compel me? sneered the man.
human
And how do you propose to do that?
gpt
Do you see this?
human
What is it?
gpt
Dynamite.
human
You're joking, Olga.
gpt
I am not. There is enough of the explosive here to tear this house to pieces.
human
Where did you get it? What are you going to do with it?
gpt
Never mind where I got it. As for what I am going to do with it, that you will learn very soon. Now, Jack Farley, will you listen to me?
human
Yes, yes; but give me that stuff, Olga.
gpt
Sit down.
human
Well, what is it?
gpt
We are going to have a settlement at last. You no longer love me, Jack Farley.
human
Nonsense, Olga. You know----
gpt
I know that I am speaking the truth. You have thought me merely the creature of your will; I have let you think so, I have borne your indignities patiently----
human
What indignities? interrupted Farley.
gpt
I don't know what you are talking about.
human
Was it not an indignity to almost force me to assist you in abducting my rival?
gpt
Your rival! Nonsense!
human
This girl has supplanted me in your affections.
gpt
This is folly. I only did what I have to revenge myself on that kid, Allston, the girl's brother.
human
It is a lie, and I know it. But all will soon be over now.
gpt
What do you mean?
human
Just what I say, Jack Farley.
gpt
What are you going to do?
human
Explode this dynamite, and end all at once. Jack, in two minutes you, she and I will be in eternity!
gpt
Are you stark, staring mad? Give me that stuff!
human
No, the hour has come!