human
I suppose she used to walk here,
gpt
In her turban,
human
Perhaps she has sat upon that very bench--who knows?--and mused,
gpt
Aloud, of course,
human
No doubt they all walked here, observed the poet;
gpt
Would that I too could have been of that company!
human
Which one of the two ladies would you have accompanied down this walk, if choice had been forced upon you?
gpt
Which one?--Madame de Staël, of course,
human
And you, Mr. Percival?
gpt
With the one who had the intellect,
human
We must be even more lacking in beauty than we suppose, Sylvia, since they all chose the plain one, said Katharine, laughing.
gpt
But you have not spoken yet, Mr. Ford: what would your choice have been?
human
Between the two, there would hardly have been one.
gpt
Isn't that a little enigmatical?
human
John means that he admires them equally,
gpt
That is it,