human
Go to bed if you like, David, he said.
gpt
There are one or two things I want to say to you first.
human
Yes, sir,
gpt
To-morrow, when you have slept on it, I'm confident that you will see the huge opportunity that I have offered you, and that you will stay with me as one of my little household. It is not an exacting position, but there are one or two laws you must remember. For the first--no dissipation. You don't drink, David?
human
Not a drop, sir.
gpt
And for another, Anthony said gravely,
human
Eh?
gpt
Absolutely no women in this Hotel Lasande! Anthony repeated, with a fanatic force that caused Johnson Boller to snort disgustedly and throw up his hands.
human
This is, perhaps, more strictly than any other house in New York an all-man establishment. There are not even women servants here, David, and other sorts of women _don't_ run in and out of here. In fact, the ladies who do come--relatives of the tenants, of course--are so very few that they're all known to the clerks. So, while you may have a sweetheart, David, and while she may be all very well in her place--keep her out of here!
gpt
But----
human
That's the unwritten law of the house, and it makes for profound peace, Anthony concluded.
gpt
You'll appreciate it more fully when you have lived here for a time.
human
I guess I'll go to bed,
gpt
And before that we'll start you on the right track, Anthony said with a gentle smile.
human
You'll take a good, hot bath.
gpt
The guest-chamber for young Mr. Prentiss, Wilkins, said Anthony.
human
You will outfit him with pajamas of my own and the gray bathrobe I used last year. To-morrow we'll get you something that fits, David.
gpt
And, Wilkins, said his master,
human
I don't want any help,
gpt
But Wilkins----
human
Wilkins or anybody else; I don't want any help with a bath. I know how to take a bath, at least. I don't know how you swells take yours, but I take mine alone; I don't want any one pottering around me, and I won't have it!
gpt
As you please, David. Show him to the north bathroom, Wilkins. That is all.
human
And get his wretched togs, Wilkins. I'll dress him properly to-morrow; but get those rags away from him.
gpt
Very good, sir,