human
Oh! by the way, Mr. Bellew, she said, speaking as if the idea had but just entered her mind,
gpt
Do about it?
human
I mean--where would you like it--stored until you can send, and have it--taken away?
gpt
Well,--I--er--rather thought of keeping it--where it was if you didn't mind.
human
I'm afraid that will be--impossible, Mr. Bellew.
gpt
Why then the barn will be an excellent place for it, I don't suppose the rats and mice will do it any real harm, and as for the damp, and the dust--
human
Oh! you know what I mean! exclaimed Anthea, beginning to tap the floor impatiently with her foot.
gpt
Of course we can't go on using the things now that they are your property, it--wouldn't be--right.
human
Very well, he nodded, his fingers questing anxiously after the rose again,
gpt
I'll get Adam to help me to shift it all into the barn, to-morrow morning.
human
Will you please be serious, Mr. Bellew!
gpt
As an owl!
human
Why then--of course you will be leaving Dapplemere soon, and I should like to know exactly when, so that I can--make the necessary arrangements.
gpt
But you see, I am not leaving Dapplemere soon or even thinking of it.
human
Not?
gpt
Not until--you bid me.
human
I?
gpt
You!
human
But I--I understood that you--intend to--settle down?
gpt
Certainly! nodded Bellew, transferring his pipe to another pocket altogether, lest it should damage the rose's tender petals.
human
To settle down has lately become the--er--ambition of my life.
gpt
Then pray, said Anthea, taking up a sheet of music, and beginning to study it with attentive eyes,
human
That necessarily brings us back to the moon again,
gpt
The moon?
human
The moon!
gpt
But what in the world has the moon to do with your furniture?
human
Everything!--I bought that furniture with--er--with one eye on the moon, as it were,--consequently the furniture, the moon, and I, are bound indissolubly together.
gpt
You are pleased to talk in riddles, to-night, and really, Mr. Bellew, I have no time to waste over them, so, if you will excuse me--
human
Thank you for playing to me,
gpt
I played because I--I felt like it, Mr. Bellew.
human
Nevertheless, I thank you.
gpt
When you make up your mind about--the furniture,--please let me know.
human
When the moon is at the full, yes.
gpt
Can it be possible that you are still harping on the wild words of poor old Nannie?
human
Nannie is very old, I'll admit, he nodded,