human
You'd like to have the matter investigated?
gpt
Certainly, I replied promptly. Very few official inquiries would give him the truth, and it was thus much better to tell it myself.
human
I was going to ask your advice about it. I know that part of her story is false; she owned it; and I doubt all the rest;
gpt
It was clever, my boy; quite the best line. You must have had considerable experience in bluffing people; and there was a glint in his keen eyes which might have meant anything.
human
You can act well too, or you'd never have dragged that confession out of her. She must have thought you were in earnest.
gpt
I was, sir. If she can prove that I am the man she thinks, I will marry her.
human
Good. Very good indeed. _If_ she can prove it, of course. But you wouldn't relish the job, eh?
gpt
That goes without saying.
human
Well, we'll hope she can't. We shall soon know all about her. In the meantime what are you going to do?
gpt
I can only wait and see.
human
Wait and see, eh? That's the English Premier's phrase, isn't it? So you've picked that up, it seems.
gpt
There isn't anything else to do, sir.
human
Quite so. Wait and see. Exactly. And as an honourable man you'd prefer to get the question settled before leaving Berlin?