human
It came up from the sea, she said.
gpt
One moment Tony and I were sitting out under the trees to keep away from the sun, and the next we were driven shivering indoors; It was just like running into a fog bank in the middle of the Atlantic on a hot summer's day.
human
I found the difference in temperature amazing, he observed.
gpt
I, too, dropped from the sunshine into a strange chill.
human
So you lost your seat, she said.
gpt
I am very sorry. Tell me how it happened?
human
The Democratic Party made up their mind, for some reason or other, that I shouldn't sit. The Labour Party generally were not thinking of running a candidate. I was to have been returned unopposed, in acknowledgment of my work on the Nationalisation Bill. The Democrats, however, ratted. They put up a man at the last moment, and--well, you know the result--I lost.
gpt
I don't understand English politics, she confessed,
human
I am practically, he replied.
gpt
I don't know, even now, what made them oppose me.
human
What about the future?
gpt
My plans are not wholly made.
human
One of the papers this morning, she said eagerly,
gpt
I saw it, he acknowledged.
human
It was in the Sun. I was once unfortunate enough to be on the committee of a club which blackballed the editor.
gpt
But you haven't forgotten your promise?
human
he replied.
gpt
No, I have not forgotten.
human
Tony says you could have a peerage whenever you liked.
gpt
Then I suppose it must be so. Just at present I am not prepared to write 'finis' to my political career.