human
Oh, you'll get along all right. You're that sort.
gpt
That's easy to say.
human
You may find it easy to do. Her next words, uttered while she continued to flick color into her sketch, caused him to jump with astonishment.
gpt
I'd go to the Argentine.
human
Why not say the moon?
gpt
For one reason, because the moon is inaccessible.
human
So is the Argentine--for me.
gpt
Oh no, it isn't. Other people have reached it.
human
Yes: but they weren't in my fix.
gpt
Some of them were probably in worse.
human
What put the Argentine into your head?
gpt
Because I happen to know a good deal about it. Everybody says it's the country of new opportunities. I know people who've lived there. The little girl I was speaking of just now--whom I'm so fond of--was born there. Her father is dead since then, and her mother is married again.
human
I know the name of an American firm out there, she went on.
gpt
It's Stephens and Jarrott. It's a very good firm to work for. I've often heard that. And Mr. Jarrott has helped ever so many--stranded people.
human
I should be just his sort, then.