human
I've heard of a very good house out there--Stephens and Jarrott. Do you happen to know anything about them?
gpt
Wool, the Englishman grunted again.
human
Wool and wheat. Beastly brutes.
gpt
They were horribly impertinent to my husband, the woman spoke up, with a kind of feverish eagerness to have her say.
human
They actually asked him if there was anything he could do. Fancy!
gpt
Oh, I know people of that sort put a lot of superfluous questions to you,
human
As to questions, there are probably fewer asked you in Argentine than anywhere else in the world. It's one of the standing jokes of the place, both in Buenos Aires and out in the Camp. Of course, the old Spanish families are all right; but when it comes to foreigners a social catechism wouldn't do. That's one of the reasons the place didn't agree with us. We wanted people to know who we'd been before we got there; but that branch of knowledge isn't cultivated.
gpt
More beastly Johnnies in the Argentine passin' under names not their own, said the man, moved to speak, at last,
human
Oh, there's lots of cleverness among them, the lady observed, before he had time to get away.
gpt
In fact, it's one of the troubles with the country--for people like us. There's too much competition in brains. My husband hit the right nail on the head when he said there was no chance for any beastly Johnny out there, unless he could use his bloomin' mind--and for us that was out of the question.
human
I've got to use my bloomin' mind. The words seemed to offer him the clew to life. It was the answer to the question,
gpt
What should I do _there_?