human
I'd have gone down the coal chute myself if you'd only waited a minute, he said.
gpt
You didn't give me a fair chance.
human
I notice you didn't follow me, she answered contemptuously.
gpt
You waited for me to find my way out of the cellar and open the kitchen door.
human
Well, what was the use----
gpt
Please open that can of tongue. Do you want me to die of hunger?
human
Send Miss Norcross to the telephone.
gpt
Oh, Nell; is that you? This is Mary talking. No; I'm not in Larchmont. I'm _home_. Oh, yes; we were there. But something awful happened. I want you to come around here right away. I've just got to talk to you; I need your advice. What? No; I can't tell you about it over the 'phone; it would take too long. Please hurry; it's important. I--I want your moral support. I'm afraid the beginning of the end is here, and you just can't desert me now. You've _got_ to come. All right. Take a taxi, if you can find one. But hurry, anyhow.
human
I've been guessing for a long time that there was something queer about you, he observed, with a cynical smile.
gpt
So it's 'Miss Norcross' at the other end of the wire, is it? And who are you?
human
You had no business to listen to a conversation,
gpt
Strikes me it was stupid of you to forget I was here, Miss Norcross--Wayne--or whoever you are.
human
So it's the beginning of the end, is it? Well, let me in on it.
gpt
I have nothing to say to _you_, she said.
human
It isn't any of your business.
gpt
But, of course, you don't deny you're an impostor?
human
Well, if it comes to being an impostor, Mr. Valet, I don't believe you'll stand very much investigating.
gpt
Let's form an alliance,
human
An alliance of what? Fraud?
gpt
Something like that. I see you confess it.
human
I confess nothing, she retorted hotly.
gpt
And I don't care for an alliance.
human
It might pay, he said, thoughtfully.
gpt
If we keep up the teamwork I believe we can get by yet. Between my ingenuity and your references----
human
Stop!
gpt
Don't talk to me, she ordered.
human
I won't discuss anything with you.
gpt
Let's talk about your friend, anyhow,