human
Nolla, are you engaged to Paul?
gpt
W-h-y, n-o-o--not ex-actly!
human
Have you any idea of being engaged within the next year or two?
gpt
Well, now, Poll, returned Eleanor, finding her depth once more, and treading water to get her breath,
human
Exactly! sighed Polly.
gpt
But that does not go to say that you obeyed my law. There may be a secret understanding between you and Paul, and that is what I want to hear about.
human
It may be the same sort of a secret understanding as now exists between you and Tom Latimer,
gpt
Then I pity poor Paul from the bottom of my heart,
human
Paul doesn't seem to think he is in need of any pity,
gpt
Well, then it is not the same sort of secret understanding. Now come out with it, Nolla, and tell me just how far you have complicated yourself with Paul in love, and with me in our business venture?
human
Not at all, Poll. That is what I wish to impress upon you--that I am no deeper in the love tangle than you are with Tom.
gpt
All right, then, Nolla. Now I'll confess, if you promise me to do likewise. Is it a bargain?
human
If you wish. But let me say beforehand, I have no more to confess than you know of already.
gpt
It's a pact! Shake, Nolla,