human
I do not follow you,
gpt
Cigarette-ends are so terribly dissonant with this charming garden, he said.
human
Now, I am speaking to you from a purely business point of view. I supposed--it was natural, was it not?--that you were so kind as to ask me to your delightful house in order to discuss these mines. You see how frank I am.
gpt
Yes, that was the reason why I asked you,
human
And I came for exactly the same reason. The pleasure of visiting you at your 'cottage,' as Lady Conybeare so playfully calls it, is great--very great; but plain business-men like me have little time for such pleasures. Frankly, then, I should not have come unless I guessed your reason. I, too, wished to talk about these mines, Lord Conybeare, and I ask you again to be a director on my board.