human
No, she began slowly.
gpt
It's so--I don't know, but--well, so cheap. All your others were so dignified and simple; I think _Wandering Stars_ was simply excellent; but this--it sort of reminds me of those plays with names like _Did She Do It?_ You know what I mean!
human
You seem to think I'm trying to be dignified. Not a bit of it: we're out for money! Money, my dear Helena: no more worry about bills, and our own motor-car! She could not bring herself to be amused and he went on more moodily:
gpt
Do you imagine any woman wants novels with titles that are dignified? and men aren't fools enough to read them. Of course you picked out my best seller for your argument; but look at _The Bread of Idleness_. That was dignified enough and splendidly reviewed and sold two thousand copies; just about a hundred pounds for me for one year's work! No thanks, I've done with dignity, _pro tem_. There may be just about two thousand women with a taste in dignity, but I want all the shop-girls this time: I'm out for my hundred thousand! I want them when they go to the seaside library and pay their twopences to notice _Was It Worth While?_ in big letters on a purple ground. That'll make them think! No more dignity for me: you want to make them think, to make them wonder Why?
human
Hugh dear, is it really necessary to do all this? Can't we just go on as we have been doing? I dare say I could manage better, really, and I've often told you I simply don't know what to do with my allowance: it's eating its head off in the bank! Surely we're not so hard up as all that? I hate the whole idea.
gpt
What whole idea?
human
This pot-boiler, as you call it; the title; the way you talk about it; everything. It's all so different, and I've been so proud of the others. She gathered courage and went on:
gpt
Look here, Hugh, why not give it up; start on a really good one that'll help your name; and we'll live meanwhile on all that from my allowance in the bank?
human
My dear child, he said with condescension,