human
This is a Pictorial Alphabet: an introduction to all education. Let me show you how to use it. What is this?
gpt
It is a very bad picture, abominably coloured, of a hatchet or a kitchen chopper.
human
An axe, my dear--A, x, e. The initial letter A is below in its two forms. And this?
gpt
That is worse. I suppose it is meant for a cow. What a cow!
human
Bull, my dear--B, u, l, l, bull. The initial B is below.
gpt
And is this, asked Phillis, with great contempt,
human
You can draw, then?
gpt
I draw a little, said Phillis.
human
Not so well, of course, as girls brought up respectably.
gpt
Pardon me, my dear Miss Fleming, if I say that sarcasm is not considered good style. It fails to attract.
human
Do let me draw you, said Phillis. Her temper was not faultless, and it was rising by degrees, so that she wanted the relief of silence.
gpt
Do let me draw you as you sit there.