human
You’ve heard that the ghost has been seen?
gpt
Oh, but it’s quite true. Miss Nellie Rider saw it from her bedroom window and so did her sister. Sir Gordon Snagg is another. He declares it was a man in a flying machine. I shouldn’t wonder if he were right.
human
There are fools in the world who will do anything, he said.
gpt
Some idiot out of Hanwell may have brought his aeroplane here to scare the natives; and jolly well he’s succeeded. I hope he may break his neck, that’s all. He deserves to, that’s sure.
human
Then you think that pioneers are very wicked people? she remarked;
gpt
Oh, I won’t say that—good for science and all that sort of thing. What I mean is, let’s keep the mountains anyway. We don’t want ginger-beer bottles on our heads up here—do we now? I’m sure Mr. Clavering agrees to that.
human
I think it would be a brave thing to fly here, he said quietly,
gpt
But you wouldn’t go up in one yourself?
human
Not for a thousand sovereigns, poor as I am.