human
I am still at a loss to account for this affair of your father's, he said.
gpt
Of course I know what it is supposed to be--a reception in honour of our home-coming. That explanation may or may not be sufficient for these stupid islanders, but it's rather too thin for me. Can you tell me what your father means by it?
human
Hadn't you better ask that question of my father himself?
gpt
Perhaps I should if he were here, but he isn't, so I ask you. Your father is a strange man. There's no knowing what crude things he will not do to gratify his primitive instincts. But he does not spend five or ten thousand pounds for nothing. He isn't a fool exactly.
human
Thank you,