human
Capital! he said, sitting down happily and pulling up his trousers to show light grey socks. Life was itself again.
gpt
Couldn't be better. What do you think? Guess.
human
It might be anything at all, you see, she said with desolating common sense.
gpt
I never guess; it's only wasting time; so tell me.
human
Well, began Geoffrey Alison, a little crushed,
gpt
I called along yesterday, after our talk, to tell Blatchley he had acted like a common cad.
human
I don't see that's so very splendid, she objected.
gpt
You might have done it sooner, and anyhow he must have known that all the time. He only did it to get money, and he's getting it.
human
You women _will_ interrupt, he said loftily. Yes, they were quite on their old terms again....
gpt
If you would only let me finish, I was going to tell you that he said he knew he had acted too hastily but that he hoped you would believe--and then he told a pack of lies, but here's the point. He spoke impressively.
human
If you'll let him have the new book, he'll pay you two hundred pounds down, only as a first dab of the royalties of course, and boom it better than ever, and he guarantees a still greater success, providing it's one half as good. So there, Miss Zoë, what do you think of your agent now?