human
He's got the right idea, declared the geologist.
gpt
Let the Sanusians come over of their own free will! Let the law of competition show what it can do! Dandy experiment!
human
Perhaps it's Deltas and Sorplee who are right, Van. These Sanusians are mere aborigines. They wouldn't understand democratic methods.
gpt
No? politely, from the doctor.
human
Now, from what I've seen of Rolla, I'll say she's a perfect example of 'live-and-let-live.' Nothing either subservient or autocratic in her relations with other people. Genuinely democratic, Smith.
gpt
I say, let's get together and put Rolla wise to what Deltos and Sorplee are framing up! We can do it, if we concentrate upon the same thought at the right time!
human
I don't care much either way, he decided.
gpt
Go ahead if you want to --meaning Van Emmon and the doctor--
human
I don't want to butt in.
gpt
Don't need you, growled the geologist.
human
Two of us is enough.
gpt
Is that so? sarcastically, from Billie.
human
Well, it'll take more than two of you to get it over to Rolla!
gpt
What do you mean?
human
I mean, with deliberation,--
gpt
They stared at her incredulously.
human
I sure will! I'm not going to lend my mental influence for any such purpose!
gpt
My dear, protested the doctor gently,
human
Oh, yes, I would! Billie was earnestness itself.
gpt
Mr. Van Emmon was so good as to blame me for what I did in that Capellette mix-up; now, if you please, I'm going to see to it that this one, anyhow, works itself out without our interference!
human
Well, I'll be darned! The geologist looked again, to make sure it was really his wife who had been talking thus.
gpt
I'm mighty glad to know that you're not intending to warn Supreme, anyhow!
human
If you do, stated the doctor quietly,
gpt
They looked at him with a renewal of their former respect as he concluded emphatically:
human
If you won't help us stop this slave raid, Billie, then, by George, you'll at least let the bees fight it out on their own!