human
I'm glad you like it,
gpt
Like it! Why, man alive--I mean little girl--well, anyhow, it's just the stunt we're going to pull off.
human
It's not really a stunt, Mary reminded him.
gpt
It's not original at all. We do it simply because it is the right thing to do. Everybody of any account has a yacht, and now is the time for yachting.
human
Now, don't you go crabbing your own stuff, said Bill.
gpt
This thing is a great invention, Secretary Norcross, and you get all the credit. I wouldn't have thought of it in a billion years. Now, what's your idea about this yacht? Do we want a little one or a whale? Where do we go? When? And who's going along?
human
Well, I don't know much about yachts, confessed Mary.
gpt
But it seems to me that a medium-sized one would do. We're not going across the ocean, you know.
human
We might, declared Bill, hopefully--
gpt
Do we cart a gang along?
human
I see no occasion for a large party, Mr. Marshall. We might ask one or two besides the family; the bishop, for instance.
gpt
Now you're joshing me. Into what part of the world do we sail this yacht, if you don't happen to be under sealed orders.