human
D-o-o-m.
gpt
But, please--_please_, let me explain about the references.
human
Sorry. It would be quite useless.
gpt
I can assure you I'm absolutely--all right, pleaded Mary.
human
I'm really a good stenographer--an expert. I'm honest, and----
gpt
You must listen; oh, surely you will. I suppose I should have explained in the beginning, but it didn't seem necessary. I didn't understand. This is the first time I was ever in--in--an intelligence office.
human
This is _not_ an intelligence office, Miss Wayne. An intelligence office is a place for cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, laundresses, chauffeurs, gardeners, and stable-hands. This is an exchange which deals in brains only, plus experience and good character. It is not even an employment agency. Good day, Miss Wayne.
gpt
; it slipped out in an evil moment of inadvertence. It was a forgotten phrase of childhood, come down from the days when her mother employed