human
Mrs. Ellsworth's house, she said,
gpt
Thank you.
human
My name is Annesley Grayle, she volunteered, as if to prove to the man and to herself how far she trusted him; also perhaps as a bid for his name in payment of that trust. So at least he must have understood, for he said:
gpt
If I don't tell you mine, it's for your own protection. I'm not ashamed of it; but it's better that you shouldn't know--that if you heard it suddenly, it should be strange to you, just like any other name. Don't you see I'm right?
human
I dare say you are.
gpt
Then we'll leave it at that. But we can't go on pretending to study this menu for ever! You came to dine with Mr. Smith. You'll dine with his understudy instead. You'll let me order dinner? It's part of the programme.
human
Very well,