human
Well, Miss Carlton, we've been having some excitement, eh, what?
gpt
I should say so, agreed Linda.
human
I thought my plans were all smashed to pieces.
gpt
Funniest thing I ever heard of. But so fool-hardy. As if a man could carry off a thing like that!
human
Well, it has been done before you know, Linda reminded him.
gpt
Look at that famous Frenchman--Deon de Beaumont--who masqueraded as a woman for so long, and fooled everybody.
human
True, admitted Mr. Eckers, who besides being an expert pilot, was a well-educated man.
gpt
And wasn't it funny the way the King punished him!
human
I'm afraid I've forgotten that.
gpt
Why, he was forced to continue playing the part of a woman for the rest of his life.... We might suggest the idea to Mrs. Rodman Hallowell.
human
Really, though, she said,
gpt
I blame the girl more than her husband. It seems to me that she has brought dishonor on all of our sex. Just when we women are working so hard to establish our place in aviation by honest methods. Look at Ruth Nichols, breaking Lindbergh's coast-to-coast record, and Mrs. Keith Miller with her valiant solo flights, and Amelia Earhart and Myrtle Brown holding those responsible positions in big airplane companies--and dozens of us working day after day for commercial and transport licenses! Then for a girl like this Mabel Lightcap, who can scarcely pilot a plane, to try to grab the biggest honors of all! Oh, I tell you, Mr. Eckers, a thing like that hurts!
human
But she _didn't_ succeed, my dear child. Don't forget that. Somebody who really is worthy will, I am sure of that.