human
I congratulate you, madam, upon your great heart. I beg that you will join that gentleman.
gpt
Please lean right back.... Thank you.
human
So it was burglars,
gpt
Looks like it,
human
I think, said my sister,
gpt
I'll have a cigarette.
human
I whispered.
gpt
I beg, said the spokesman,
human
You have a large staff,
gpt
That is my way. I am not a believer in the lone hand. But there you are. _Quot homines, tot sententicæ,
human
she quoted,
gpt
was the reply.
human
A pretty thrust, madam. But you must read further on. 'And gentlemen in _Mayfair_ now abed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here.' Shall we say that--er--honours are easy?
gpt
Good for you, she said.
human
As a matter of fact, sitting here, several things look extremely easy.
gpt
So, on the whole, they are. Mind you, lookers-on see the easy side. And you, madam, are a very privileged spectator.
human
I have paid for my seat,
gpt
Royally. Still, deadhead or not, a spectator you are, and, as such, you see the easy side. Now, one of the greatest dangers that can befall a thief is avarice.
human
I suppose you're doing this out of charity,
gpt
Listen. Many a promising career of--er--appropriation has come to an abrupt and sordid end, and all because success but whetted where it should have satisfied. He addressed my sister.
human
Happily for you, you do not sleep in your pearls. Otherwise, since you are here, I might have fallen... Who knows? As it is, pearls, diamonds and the emerald bracelets that came from Prague--you see, madam, I know them all--will lie upstairs untouched. I came for silver, and I shall take nothing else. Some day, perhaps...