human
Pardon me, but what's it all about? Why under the sun should I go home with you?
gpt
Because I want to talk confidentially to you for an hour.
human
You're not judging from these togs that I'm a criminal, are you?
gpt
What?
human
I mean, you don't want any one murdered, or anything of that kind?
gpt
By no means, my dear boy. As to what it is all about I'll tell you when we get there. You'll come?
human
I think not,
gpt
But----
human
Nix! I don't know why, but I don't like the idea. I think it's a little bit too unusual. Who are you, anyway?
gpt
My name is Fry, if that tells you anything,
human
Fry?
gpt
Anthony Fry.
human
Eh?
gpt
He makes Fry's Liniment, Johnson Boller put in disgustedly, yet happily withal because it was plain that the boy would have no part in spoiling his chess game and the little chat about Beatrice.
human
He has a lot of theories not connected with the liniment business, kid, and he wants to bore you to death with some of them. They wouldn't interest you any more than they interest me, and you're perfectly right in refusing to listen to them.
gpt
Umum,
human
And now I'll tell you what we'll do, Johnson Boller concluded quite happily.
gpt
You tell me where you live, and when the man drops us I'll pay your fare home. Some class to that, eh? Going home in a taxicab after sitting in a ten-dollar seat at a big fight! You don't get off on a jamboree like that very often, I'll bet!
human
No,
gpt
So here's the little old Hotel Lasande where Mr. Fry lives, Mr. Boller finished cheerfully,