human
So, he said slowly,
gpt
I gather from what you have left unsaid that your mother sent you after me.
human
She didn't, answered Sally, trying to be calm. Her eyes burned.
gpt
She didn't want me to come. I came on my own hook.
human
It might have been wiser, Sally, the professor observed judicially,
gpt
So that course did not commend itself to your judgment? Didn't think it best to mind your mother. And you went to the laboratory and--who let you in?
human
One of the cleaners.
gpt
Oh, one of the cleaners. A very frowzy lady in a faded black skirt and no waist worth mentioning, I presume. The professor seemed relieved.
human
And you went in, and didn't find me. Very natural. I was not there. And having made up your mind, from internal evidence, I presume, which way I had gone,--but who told you?--oh, never mind. It's quite immaterial. A very successful trail, Sally; or shall I say shadow? You must have the makings of a clever detective in you. I shouldn't have suspected it. Never in the world.