human
Why, said Lord Castlewell,
gpt
Oh! said Mrs. Peacock,
human
And yet you want houses to live in,
gpt
Well, yes, he said,
human
I have brought Madame Tacchi down here to show her what we can do in the way of a suburban dinner. Madame Tacchi is about to take the place which Miss O'Mahony has vacated at 'The Embankment.' Ah, my lord, you behaved very shabbily to us there.
gpt
If Madame Tacchi, said the lord,
human
They are a bad lot, said Lord Castlewell, as soon as Moss had withdrawn.
gpt
I know them, and they are a bad lot, particularly that woman who is with them. It is a marvel to me how you got among them.
human
They are Americans,
gpt
And so are you, said the lord.
human
There can be good Americans and bad Americans. You don't mean to say that you think worse of an American than of an Englishman.
gpt
I think higher of an Englishman than of an American, and lower also. If I meet an American where a gentleman ought to be, I entertain a doubt; if I meet him where a labourer ought to be, I feel very confident. I suppose that the manager of a theatre ought to be a gentleman.
human
I don't quite understand it all,
gpt
Nor anybody else, said Rachel.
human
Father does fly so very high in the air when he talks about people.