human
Well--well--what then?
gpt
The man had just suffered a heavy reverse. He had staked all his hopes, all his future, upon a single venture. It proved a failure. He could not accept the fact, and believed himself the victim of gross injustice and of organised conspiracy.
human
Do you believe it, too?
gpt
No, Iglesias answered.
human
I have an immense pity for him, as who would not. Still, I am compelled to believe that failure came from within, rather than from without. He overrated his own powers.
gpt
Wait half a minute, she said, in an oddly harsh voice. Leaning forward she put down the front glass and called to the coachman:--
human
Don't go to Bletchworth Mansions. Drive on. Never mind where, so long as you keep to empty streets. Drive on and on--do you hear?--till I tell you to stop.