human
Oh, no one worries about what I do, she said, indifferently
gpt
I go about as I choose.
human
So much the better for me, he laughed.
gpt
That's how you came to be wandering on old Wayne's terrace, just in the nick of time. What stumps me is the promptness with which you thought of stowing me away.
human
It wasn't promptness, exactly. As a matter of fact, I had worked the whole thing out beforehand.
gpt
For me?
human
No, not for you; for anybody. Ever since my guardian allowed me to build the studio--last year--I've imagined how easy it would be for some--some hunted person to stay hidden here, almost indefinitely. I've tried to fancy it, when I've had nothing better to do.
gpt
You don't seem to have had anything better to do very often,
human
If you mean that I haven't painted much, that's quite true. I thought I couldn't do without a studio--till I got one. But when I've come here, I'm afraid it's generally been to--to indulge in day-dreams.
gpt
Day-dreams of helping prisoners to escape. It wouldn't be every girl's fancy, but it's not for me to complain of that.
human
My father would have wanted me to do it, she declared, as if in self-justification.
gpt
A woman once helped him to get out of prison.
human
Good for her! Who was she?
gpt
She was my mother,