human
Who have you lost?
gpt
Dance with me, said I,
human
I promised I wouldn't stay more than an hour, she said,
gpt
If you must go.
human
And now, who is it?
gpt
I thought you were going to thank me for the rug.
human
The best way I can thank you is to tell you the truth. Jack and I went to buy a rug at Lucifer's.
gpt
That's where we got yours.
human
Will you listen? We must have got to the shop directly you'd left. The one you'd bought was still lying there. We both thought it feet above any other rug there, and, when they said it was sold, I nearly cried. We were so fed up that we said we wouldn't get a rug at all, and went off to look at book-cases and chests of drawers. I didn't get home till six, and, when I did, there was your present. Are you satisfied?
gpt
Overwhelmed.
human
Good. Now, who's the lady?
gpt
That's just what I can't tell you. I know her voice, but not her countenance. Her name is Dot--Lady Dot. She drives in a blue limousine and she's here to-night.
human
This, she said,
gpt
Infinitely.
human
You can wash out the limousine, because you won't see it. And the voice, because you won't hear it. And her name, because she won't be labelled. There's really nothing left, is there?
gpt
I'm sorry, said Maisie.
human
I'd like to have helped. The music slowed up and died.
gpt
And now will you see me off?