human
Well?
gpt
That's all, he said--
human
It's all very well for you now, she said,
gpt
My sister-in-law is a mercenary woman, remarked Toby.
human
And aren't we getting on rather quick?
gpt
Quick! screamed Kit.
human
I am painfully trying to drag you a few steps forward, and you say we are getting on quick! Now, Toby, you are twenty-five----
gpt
Four,
human
Oh, Toby, you are enough to madden Job! What difference does that make? I choose that you should be twenty-five! All your people marry early; they always did; and it is a most proper thing for a young man to do. Really, young men are getting quite impossible. They won't dance--you aren't dancing; they won't marry--you aren't married; they spend all their lazy, selfish lives in amusing themselves and--and ruining other people.
gpt
It's better to amuse yourself than not to amuse yourself,
human
That is your view. Thank goodness there are other views, said Kit, with extraordinary energy.
gpt
Why, for instance, do you suppose that I went down to the wilds of Kensington and opened a bazaar, as I did this afternoon?
human
I can't think, said Toby.
gpt
Wasn't it awfully slow?
human
Slow? Yes, of course it was slow; but it is one's duty not to mind what is slow, continued Kit rapidly, pumping up moral sentiments with surprising fluency.
gpt
Why do you suppose Jack goes to the House whenever there is a Church Bill on? Why do I come and argue with you and quarrel with you like this?
human
Are you quarrelling with me? he asked.
gpt
I didn't know. Try not, Kit.
human
Dear Toby, don't be so odious and tiresome, she said.
gpt
Do be nice. You can behave so nicely if you like, and the Princess was saying at the bazaar this afternoon what a dear boy you were.
human
So the bazaar wasn't so slow,
gpt
And I've taken all the trouble to ask Miss Murchison to dinner just because of you, continued Kit quickly, seeing her partner out of the corner of her eye careering wildly about in search of her.
human
She's perfectly charming, Toby, and very pretty, and you always like talking to pretty girls, and quite right, too; and the millions--oh, the millions! You have no one to look after you but Jack and me, and Jack is a City man now; and what will happen to the Conybeares if you don't marry money I don't know. You want money; she wants a Marquis. There it is!
gpt
Did you ask her?
human
No, darling, I did not, said Kit, with pardonable asperity.
gpt
I left that to you.
human
You go so quick, Kit, he said.
gpt
You marry me to a person I've never yet seen.
human
Come and see her, Toby--come and see her. That is all I ask. Oh, here you are, Ted; I've been waiting for you for ages. I thought you had thrown me over. Good-bye, Toby; to-morrow at half-past eight, and I'll promise to order iced asparagus, which I know you like.