human
Which means you're a wolf in sheep's clothing,
gpt
I feel like the sacrificial 'lamb,'
human
Well, there is nothing so good for husbands, I contend, as a dose of absence. Men need unsettling, they get so rutty. Business, club, home, ditto, ditto, ditto.
gpt
I suppose it's also sauce for the goose?
human
Oh, yes. I hope Jane will get a beau and flirt with him abominably.
gpt
Can you think of Jane flirting?
human
No, that's why I think she needs it. Jane takes life too seriously.
gpt
It's rather a question about which is the better way to take it, don't you think?
human
Life? Not a bit. Take it any way you like, but don't take it hard.
gpt
I find I get a trifle bored with those of us who take it too lightly.
human
That's a Janeism, Jerry.