human
You must pardon me, he commenced,
gpt
At that time, he continued,
human
I was not held to be particularly bright. The reason was that my mind, being pre-eminently and extraordinarily receptive, needed a stimulus from without. The moment I was sent to school, however, a curious metamorphosis took place in me. I may say that I became at once the most brilliant boy in my class. You know that to this day I have always been the most striking figure in any circle in which I have ever moved.
gpt
Like the chameleon, I have the power of absorbing the colour of my environment.
human
Do you mean that you have the power of absorbing the special virtues of other people?
gpt
That is exactly what I mean.
human
Oh!