human
Are you mad?
gpt
If you call this madness.
human
Smith, my boy, said O'Mally, moistening his lips,
gpt
How could you do it?
human
What an ado! said La Signorina, shrugging.
gpt
So you all desert me?
human
Desert you? O'Mally resumed his seat and carefully loosened the topmost buttons of his coat.
gpt
Of course we shall desert you. We are sane individuals, at any rate. I have no desire to see the inside of an Italian jail, not knowing how to get out. What under the sun possessed you? What excuse have you to offer for pushing us all into the lion's mouth? You could have easily denied all knowledge of the invitation, referred them to your princess, wherever she may be, and we could have cleared out in the morning, poor but honest. And now you've gone and done it!
human
In Venice, said she, her voice gentle,
gpt
I was a fool in Venice,
human
And you, Mr. Smith?
gpt
I was a fool, too, admitted Smith.
human
In Venice it sounded like a good joke, but it looks different now.
gpt
So much for gallantry! And you, Kitty?
human
I made a promise, and I'll keep it. But I think you are cruel and wicked.
gpt
No nonsense, Kitty, interposed Merrihew.
human
I've some rights now. You will leave this villa to-night.
gpt
I refuse,
human
Did you issue those invitations yourself?
gpt
Do you believe that?
human
I don't know what to believe. But I repeat the question.
gpt
On my word of honor, I know no more about this mystery than you do.
human
But are you not over-sure of your princess? Being a woman, may she not have changed her plans?
gpt
Not without consulting me. I am not only sure, she added with a positiveness which brooked no further question,
human
Oh, as for that, I am mad likewise, he said, with a smile on his lips but none in his eyes.
gpt
I'll see the farce to the end, even if that end is jail.
human
If! cried O'Mally.
gpt
You speak as though you had some doubt regarding that possibility!
human
So I have.
gpt
I say, Jack!
human
And you will stay also, Dan.
gpt
Are you really in earnest?
human
Earnest as I possibly can be. Listen a moment. La Signorina is not a person recklessly to endanger us. She has, apparently, put her head into the lion's mouth. But perhaps this lion is particularly well trained. I am sure that she knows many things of which we are all ignorant. Trust her to carry out this imposture which now seems so wild. Besides, to tell the truth, I do not wish it said that I was outdone by Miss Killigrew in courage and the spirit of adventure.
gpt
Oh, give me no credit for that,