human
Mr. Werner, I have a matter of the deepest and vastest importance to unfold to you, he began, rather mysteriously,
gpt
Five hours! I interrupted.
human
You do not know me! That much is hard to find without running into the middle of the night, or into the middle of the day--which is worse for a busy man. I have just five minutes to spare this afternoon, which will be quite time enough to tell me who you are and why you have sought me.
gpt
You do not know me because you do not expect to see me on this hemisphere, he continued.
human
Nor did I expect to find you a potent force in the commercial world, only three years after a literary and linguistic preparation for a scholarly career. Why, the _mädchens_ of Heidelberg have hardly had time to forget your tall, athletic figure, or ceased wondering if you were really a Hebrew----
gpt
You seem to be altogether familiar with my history, I put in with a little heat.
human
Kindly enlighten me equally well as to your own.
gpt
I gave you the pleasure of an additional year of residence at the University of Heidelberg not long ago,
human
I do not know how that can be, for to my uncle I owe my entire education there.
gpt
Perhaps an unappreciated trifle of it you owe to your instructors and lecturers. Do you forget that I refused to pass your examinations in physics, and kept you there a year longer?
human
You are not Doctor Anderwelt, then?
gpt
Hermann Anderwelt, Ph.D., at your service, sir,
human
But when and why did you leave your chair at Heidelberg?
gpt
It is to answer this that I ask the five hours,
human
Oh, come now, doctor, you used to tell me more in a two-hour lecture than I could remember in a week,
gpt
Teddy, have I had lunch to-day?
human
No, sir, you have an engagement to lunch at the Standard Club,
gpt
Telephone to Gus at the Club that I can't come up to-day. Also send over to the Grand Pacific for a good lunch for two. Have some beer in it--real Münchner, and in _steins_,