human
A masterly handling of the woman question, Mrs. Paxton,
gpt
I wish we might call it the human question; it is yours as well as ours, you know,
human
Well, Jane, you're a success as a celebrity,
gpt
It is pleasant to have people friendly, but it is amusing to have them make such a fuss, isn't it? You've always known you were the kind of person you are; it seems strange that you have to do a special, conspicuous thing to get people to see it.
human
You ungrateful wretch, he exclaimed.
gpt
I don't believe you care a rap about this part of your success.
human
I don't; I hate it. I'd like to slip away and not hear any more about that book. I loved writing it and the making of it, but this fol-de-rol seems so childish.
gpt
Mrs. Brendon would like that 'fol-de-rol!' She thinks that dinner was a brilliant event.
human
It was sweet of her, of course.
gpt
You get more of an enigma to me, Jane, as time goes on. You haven't one iota of personal vanity. Now, I love every ounce of success I can get. I'd like to be perpetual guest of honour. I want all the pomp and circumstance I can manage. That's how vain I am.
human
I understand it, in you, Jerry, but I seem to be entirely different.