human
Now, then, Malone said.
gpt
You were telling us about your group activities.
human
True, Brubitsch said.
gpt
I did not commit any murders. It is possible that Borbitsch committed murders. It is possible that Garbitsch committed murders. But I do not think so.
human
Why not?
gpt
They are my friends, Brubitsch said.
human
Even if they tell lies. They are also small children. Besides, I am not even the head of the group.
gpt
Who is?
human
Garbitsch, Brubitsch said instantly.
gpt
He worked in the State Department, and he told us what to look for in the Senate Office Building.
human
What were you supposed to look for?
gpt
For information, Brubitsch said.
human
For scraps of paper, or things we overheard. But it was very bad, very bad.
gpt
What do you mean, bad?
human
Everything was terrible, Brubitsch said mournfully.
gpt
Sometimes Borbitsch heard something and forgot to tell Garbitsch about it. Garbitsch did not like this. He is a very inflamed person. Once he threatened to send Borbitsch to the island of Yap as a spy. That is a very bad place to go to. There are no enjoyments on the island of Yap, and no one likes strangers there.
human
What did you do with your information?
gpt
We remembered it, Brubitsch said.
human
Or, if we had a scrap of paper, we saved it for Garbitsch and gave it to him. But I remember once that I had some paper. It had a formula on it. I do not know what the formula said.
gpt
What was it about?
human
It was about an X and some numbers, he said.
gpt
It was not very interesting, but it was a formula, and Garbitsch would have liked it. Unfortunately, I did not give it to him.
human
Why not?
gpt
I am ashamed, Brubitsch said, looking ashamed.
human
I was lighting a cigarette in the afternoon, when I had the formula. It is a very relaxing thing to smoke a cigarette in the afternoon. It is soothing to the soul. He looked very sad.
gpt
I was holding the piece of paper in one hand, he said.
human
Unfortunately, the match and the paper came into contact. I burned my finger. Here. He stuck out a finger toward Malone and Boyd, who looked at it without much interest for a second.
gpt
The paper is gone, he said.
human
Don't tell Garbitsch. He is very inflamed.
gpt
But you remember the formula, he said.
human
Don't you?
gpt
It was not very interesting, he said.
human
And I do not have a mathematical mind.
gpt
We know, Malone said,
human
You are a small child.
gpt
It was terrible, Brubitsch said.
human
Garbitsch was not happy about our activities.
gpt
What did Garbitsch do with the information?
human
He passed it on, Brubitsch said.
gpt
Every week he would send a short-wave message to the homeland, in code. Some weeks he did not send the message.
human
Why not?
gpt
The radio did not work, Brubitsch said simply.
human
We received orders by short-wave, but sometimes we did not receive the orders. The radio was of very poor quality, and some weeks it refused to send any messages. On other weeks, it refused to receive any messages.
gpt
Who was your contact in Russia?
human
A man named X, Brubitsch said.
gpt
Like in the formula.
human
But what was his real name?
gpt
Who knows?
human
What else did you do?
gpt
We met twice a week, Brubitsch said.
human
Sometimes in Garbitsch's home, sometimes in other places. Sometimes we had information. At other times, we were friends, having a social gathering.
gpt
Friends?
human
We drank together, talked, played chess. Garbitsch is the best chess player in the group. I am not very good. But once we had some trouble. He paused.
gpt
We had been drinking Russian liquors. They are very strong. We decided to uphold the honor of our country.
human
I think, Malone murmured sadly,
gpt
I know what's coming.
human
Ah? Brubitsch said, interested.
gpt
At any rate, we decided to honor our country in song. And a policeman came and talked to us. He took us down to the police station.
human
Why?
gpt
He was suspicious, Brubitsch said.
human
We were singing the _Internationale_, and he was suspicious. It is unreasonable.
gpt
Oh, I don't know, Boyd said.
human
What happened then?
gpt
He took us to the police station, Brubitsch said,
human
It's all right, Malone said.
gpt
I do. He drew Boyd aside for a second, and whispered to him:
human
The cops were ready to charge these three clowns with everything in the book. We had a time springing them so we could go on watching them. I remember the stir-up, though I never did know their names until now.
gpt
It is a secret you are telling him, Brubitsch said.
human
That is not right.
gpt
What do you mean, it's not right?
human
It is wrong, Brubitsch went on.
gpt
It is not the American way.