human
It's quite obvious. You ought to marry!
gpt
Why, my dear fellow? Because you're stagnating--because it is life's second stage--because you've got beyond the first--because each of your books is exactly like the last----
human
I don't see that, he said in a hard voice, almost sulkily.
gpt
As a matter of fact, several of the critics went out of their way to call _The Bread of Idleness_ new, original, etcetera.
human
Yes, replied Kenneth Boyd, who secretly enjoyed wounding just deeply enough his friend's self-esteem;
gpt
I still don't see, even so, Hubert icily replied,
human
Because to widen your art, you must widen your idea of woman. If you really know one woman, they say, then you can know them all.
gpt
If you know them all, as I do, by study, he answered,
human
That sort of remark, he said,
gpt
Dear old Kenneth! and there was pity in his voice.
human
Perhaps I should, if I knew nothing of them really. But I'm afraid I know too much.