human
We were interrupted by some caller, and had to leave the argument at a most exciting moment.
gpt
An eternally interesting subject! said Temperley;
human
My dread is that presently, the need for dissimulation being over, all the delightful mystery will have vanished, said Professor Theobald.
gpt
I should tire, in a day, of a woman I could understand.
human
You tempt one to enquire the length of the reign of a satisfactory enigma,
gpt
Precisely the length of her ability to mystify me,
human
Your future wife ought to be given a hint.
gpt
Oh! a wife, in no case, could hold me: the mere fact that it was my duty to adore her, would be chilling. And when added to that, I knew that she had placed it among the list of her obligations to adore _me_--well, that would be the climax of disenchantment.
human
The only person I could conceivably marry would be my cook; in that case there would be no romance to spoil, no vision to destroy.
gpt
I fear this is a cloak for a poor opinion of our sex, Professor.
human
On the contrary. I admire your sex too much to think of subjecting them to such an ordeal. I could not endure to regard a woman I had once admired, as a matter of course, a commonplace in my existence.