human
We aren't ghosts! she declared.
gpt
Did you think _you_ were the only person who could leave the opera house in a hurry?
human
I saw you in the vestibule, I ventured.
gpt
I never saw you get away.
human
No more did our friend Cullen, Mr. Parker remarked, smiling.
gpt
I really am beginning to feel sorry for that man. We were within a yard or two of him and he was watching us good and hard. I think he had an idea that Eve had a weakness for pearls.
human
Oh, don't! I exclaimed rather sharply.
gpt
Even in joke it isn't exactly wise, is it, with people passing all the time?
human
Joke! Mr. Parker repeated.
gpt
Precious little joke about it, I can assure you. I dare say it looked simple enough to you, but it was really quite a complicated business. Never mind, Eve has her pearls--and that's the great thing.