human
You're not going to leave them?
gpt
Best way out, I said.
human
Berry'll understand and pull out somehow. You see, we're too well known about here to take any chances. And now I think we'll slip along to _The Fountain_ and find Sir Anthony.
gpt
You tell me I speak good English,
human
So you do.
gpt
Well, I don't want to spoil my record. What's the Anglo-Saxon for 'a thaw-proof nerve '?
human
Can't be done, said I.
gpt
But I can put your mouth into Italian. _Bocca bella carissima._ Now, isn't that nice?
human
You're incorrigible, she announced.
gpt
Fifteen long months, and you haven't changed a bit.
human
Long months, Adèle?
gpt
The longest I've ever spent, she said softly.
human
That--that's the worst of cutting your hair. I thought it was never going to grow.
gpt
They've been very long ones for me, Adèle.
human
Have they?
gpt
A close scrutiny will reveal that my hair, once a rich mud colour, is now flecked with grey.
human
I should attribute that to the march of Time.
gpt
The responsibility, I said,
human
That, said Adèle,
gpt
I refuse to believe. If you had, you would have paid us a visit.
human
I was not invited.
gpt
Any old way, she announced,
human
I'm here now. And, while we're on the subject of hair, please remember that since you last saw me, I've put mine up.
gpt
Which means?
human
That I am a dangerous woman of the world, who gives nothing and takes everything--with a grain of salt. I warn you, I've changed.
gpt
Unquestionably, said I,
human
I forgot, she said,
gpt
If you don't, said I,
human
You're very good.
gpt
Not at all, said I.
human
Can you spell 'homoeopathy'?