human
You are bright; you intended to be very cute, but alas! if he is a foe, as I believe he is, he invented those names. He knows you confessed to an identity that is false, and therefore knows that there is something wrong.
gpt
What will you do?
human
He is to meet you to-night?
gpt
Yes.
human
You are to guide him to the house of Argetti.
gpt
Yes.
human
I will be Argetti and you shall introduce him to me. He will be led to the little cabin out on the marsh. I have had it fitted up for an emergency. After you have brought him to me you must be on the watch to learn if there are others at his back; if there is you must signal me, if not you must signal me.
gpt
And then?
human
I have a grave under the cabin floor.
gpt
Well, what now?
human
You may be too rash.
gpt
How?
human
I do not think there is any necessity for putting a body in the grave. You can play a shrewder game.
gpt
I can?
human
Yes.
gpt
How?
human
Maintain the character of Argetti.
gpt
That depends.
human
Upon what?
gpt
The discoveries I make concerning this man?
human
He appears very harmless, very much of a gentleman. He may not intend harm. He may not be a foe.
gpt
I would be glad to agree with you, but I have experience. If he were an American, I would believe as you do, but he is English.
human
How do you know he is English?
gpt
By his dress and walk. I observed him very closely.
human
Suppose he is English?
gpt
Then he has come over here to look for me.
human
That man is not a detective.
gpt
He is not?
human
No.
gpt
How do you know?
human
He is a weak and very dainty young gentleman.
gpt
Is he?
human
Yes.
gpt
Well, I tell you that when one becomes a fugitive he must judge people by their acts, not by their looks; I believe the man is either a detective, or a detective's decoy. His innocent looks aid his trick, but I will know after he has visited me in the cabin.
human
Oh, I hope you will do him no harm.
gpt
What! has his handsome face bewitched you?
human
No.
gpt
It would appear so.
human
I would save you.
gpt
Save me?
human
Yes.
gpt
By having me captured. No, no, girl, I know how to take care of myself. I've been fighting the police of different countries for too many years to fear an encounter now.