human
You know you can go back there and stay through the winter, if you would like to,
gpt
That's nonsense, said Hetty.
human
How could I go myself? You and your friends haven't made everybody nice to everybody yet. I'm not going, anyway, and if you worry me I'll be cross.
gpt
Of course, she said,
human
I don't know why you should seem so sure of that,
gpt
Well, she said,
human
I am. You would have gone on to the major's. You know you would. What do you go there so often for?
gpt
I am rather fond of chess,
human
That's rubbish!
gpt
The major, at least, likes a game, and after pulling him back into this wicked world from the edge of a gully one naturally feel that he owes him a little.
human
You didn't pull him. It was Walter. Hadn't you better try again?
gpt
It is, to some extent, my business to understand the habits of the ruling classes, he said reflectively.
human
You see, it's almost necessary. Unless I know a little about them, how can I persuade anybody how far they are beneath us, as I'm expected to do?
gpt
Well, she said,