human
It was quite wonderful, wasn't it--like a scene out of the classics--the gladiators or something?
gpt
Yes. I felt like saying '_Ave, Cæsar, ave!_' and I watched to see Artemis drop her handkerchief.
human
She dropped it, but you were too busy to pick it up. It would have been a useful sling for your arm, she added, with thoughtful malice.
gpt
It seemed so real--you all acted so well, so appropriately. And how you keep it up!
human
Oh, I think we'll likely keep it up for some time,
gpt
Then the play isn't finished? she added.
human
There is another act? Yes, I thought there was; the programme said four.
gpt
Oh yes, there's another act, he answered,
human
No, I suppose you are not in it. You really weren't in the last act. Who will be in it?
gpt
Well, honor bright, I don't think there'll be anybody in it except little Conny Jopp and gentle Terry O'Ryan; and Conny mayn't be in it very long. But he'll be in it for a while, I guess. You see, the curtain came down in the middle of a situation, not at the end of it. The curtain has to rise again.
human
Perhaps Orion will rise again--you think so?