human
This affair has turned your brain, he finally gasped.
gpt
Your plan is absurd, absolutely absurd, I tell you. Why, even if I could bribe some one to procure me a corpse, how on earth could you get it to Geralton?
human
In a motor-car.
gpt
And where under Heaven are you to hide it?
human
Get me a corpse and I will arrange the rest,
gpt
First you saddle me with a lot of stolen jewels and now you want me to travel around the country with a corpse under my arm! I say, you do select nice, pleasant jobs for me!
human
Have you any other plan to suggest?
gpt
Can't say I have,
human
Are you willing to sit still and see Anita Wilmersley arrested?
gpt
Certainly not, but your scheme is a mad one--madder than anything I should have credited even you with having conceived. Campbell paused a moment as if considering the question in all its aspects.
human
However, the fact that it is crazy may save us. The police will not be likely to suspect two reputable members of society, whose sanity has so far not been doubted, of attempting to carry through such a wild, impossible plot. Yes, he mused,
gpt
Glad you agree with me, cried Cyril enthusiastically.
human
Now how soon can you get a corpse, do you think?
gpt
Good Lord, man! You talk as if I could order one from Whiteley's. When can I get you a corpse--indeed? To-morrow--in a week--a month--a year--never. The last-mentioned date I consider the most likely. I will do what I can, that is all I can say; but how I am to go to work, upon my word, I haven't the faintest idea.
human
You are an awfully clever chap, Guy.
gpt
None of your blarney. I won't have it! I am the absolute fool, but I am still sane enough to know it.
human
Very well, I'll acknowledge that you are a fool and I only wish there were more like you,
gpt
By the way, he added, turning away as if in search of a match and trying to speak as carelessly as possible,
human
How is Anita?