human
You're glad to have got rid of those ducks, I s'pose?
gpt
And pray, sire, where did you hear about that? It's a chapter of my early history I hoped had never got about!
human
Oh, I have read all about the Ugly Duckling!
gpt
Why, you don't mean to say--! Do you--do you tell me that-- screamed the Swan furiously, almost choked with indignation, and it could not finish its sentences. Then in a quieter, but still in an angry, voice, it continued:
human
To think of it! Why, I plumed myself on its having been kept out of print! So that family scandal has got round after all!
gpt
The audience is over!
human
Guide, sire? inquired a gnome, suddenly presenting himself and going down on one knee.
gpt
Guide to the fairy ring?
human
Yes, please,
gpt
Have you twopence?
human
I'm not sure,
gpt
If not, I'm afraid you can't be let in, sire.
human
Not let me in? Can't I order myself through?
gpt
No 'paper' allowed! You can only be let in by paying the entrance fee.
human
I never heard of a king paying twopence to go in anywhere,
gpt
I'm afraid your Majesty can't go against the Office of Works.
human
S'pose I ordered the peacocks to be removed, said Cedric, growing hot at the undignified position of a monarch unable to produce the price of a Bath bun;
gpt
It would be deplorably irregular and excessively unconstitutional.
human
Here, I've got four ha'pennies. But I call it mean that I, of all people, shouldn't be allowed in free.
gpt
It's simply to show the person is well off, and to keep the place select--it's the same for all. In the case of royalty the amount is returned in cash at the end of the performance.