human
Is that Jerry?
gpt
It's _little_ Jerry,
human
You're sure that's mine?
gpt
Very sure.
human
Take it away, please.
gpt
It's a grand baby, Mrs. Paxton.
human
Did my husband see it?
gpt
Not yet. The doctor put him to bed.
human
Don't let him see it. Keep it covered up.
gpt
But he'll be wanting to see his son.
human
Not till he's better looking. It would be an awful shock to Jerry to see it now.
gpt
I'm sorry he's so plain,
human
He's a fine boy, Jane,
gpt
I didn't do it right at all, Bobs.
human
Why not?
gpt
In books and plays the mother always says, 'My baby, my own beautiful boy,' when they put her infant in her arms. The father always says, 'little mother!' You know, you've seen it in pictures. Well, _I_ said: 'It's ugly, take it away,' and Jerry lied to comfort me.
human
I like him better than I did at first, though. He has nice hands,
gpt
I think he's a duck of a bambino, she said.
human
He looks quite human.
gpt
Well, I should hope so,
human
This room looks like a garden, Jane.
gpt
Isn't it lovely? Jerry is beggaring himself. All the dear people in the studios, the Brendons, even Althea, sent a tribute. And Martin sends flowers every day. I find I love being a part of this smooth mechanism. I like the things the nurse feeds me, and my importance. I'm ruined, probably.
human
Hello, Bobs. Doesn't she look fine?
gpt
She does.
human
Did she let you see the exhibit over here?
gpt
I forced her to, the unwomanly thing. She derides his manly beauty.
human
He'll be all right when he grows up to his skin, laughed Jerry.
gpt
Talk about the Magic Skin, he's got enough for a fat man. It took some ingenuity to get it wrinkled up all over him, so he could carry it.
human
You unfeeling parents! I hope he hears every word you say, and turns against you in your old age.
gpt
We feel that he is interesting, but not beautiful, don't we, Jane?
human
I shall repeat this to you at times when you are doting on his looks.
gpt
We'll take your dare, Bobs. Say, Jane, when do you want to see Christiansen? He asked me when he could pay his respects.
human
Let him come to-morrow, Jerry, at five.
gpt
I invite you both to come to-morrow at five.
human
Let's take her up, Bobs, and watch our Martin pin a rose on handsome Jerry.