human
How did you happen to be here?
gpt
I drove past your home, by instinct, because I was coming north. And I saw you. Which of your spirits --he was bold enough for the moment to make light of her sacred places--
human
The spirit of the night before, she answered, passing from smiles to gravity.
gpt
That long sleep without rest has been troubling me again. I remembered how exercise set me up in the country, and I started out for a little air. Aunt Paula is out this morning--something about the plumbing. Dear Auntie, how I'd love to take those cares off her shoulders. She'll never let me, though. And next week our housekeeper, whom we've held for two years, is leaving; she must advertise and receive applicants--and likely get the wrong one. So that's another worry for her. I was alone in the house when I awoke, and I could not waste such autumn weather as this!
human
I saw trouble in your face last night. It isn't normal that you should be tired out so soon after the perfect condition you achieved at Berkeley Center.
gpt
No, it isn't. I know that perfectly, and I'm resigned to it.
human
I won't ask you to let _me_ treat you--but why don't you go to some physician about it? You know how much this case means to me.
gpt
No, she said at length,
human
Are you coming back again to that queer business of which you told me--that day on the tennis court?
gpt
To just that.
human
What can such a thing have to do with your physical condition?
gpt
You will not laugh?
human
At you and yours and anything which touches you--no. You know I could not laugh now. Little as I respect that obstacle, it is the most serious fact I know.