human
Mrs. Paxton, your husband is to begin my portrait next week, so we shall see something of each other at my sittings,
gpt
Do you paint here?
human
Yes,
gpt
Can't you begin on mine next week, too? I could come the days Mrs. Brendon does not come.
human
Better wait until we are through with hers.
gpt
No. I want to begin at once.
human
Besieged! What a life these portrait painters lead,
gpt
Mrs. Brendon comes Monday at ten. Will you come at the same hour on Tuesday?
human
Yes, she said, and laughed.
gpt
Good-bye, Mrs. Paxton. So nice to meet you.
human
Damned snobs!
gpt
I thought they behaved very well,
human
Thank God I don't have to cater to them. You were just right, Jane. Kept them where they belonged.
gpt
I'm afraid I was a failure. They didn't seem real to me. They were like people on the stage. I couldn't talk to them.
human
You were all right. They were crazy about you,
gpt
If I were Mrs. Jerry Paxton, I'd tell 'em to go plumb to ----. He could just manage them himself.
human
Free woman!
gpt
You were a dear to come. I know it bored you,
human
You didn't need me,
gpt
Where did you get the grand air, Jane?
human
Have I it?
gpt
You certainly have. It's a great thing for a beginner.... Two portraits, and of those two women. It is a very good start indeed, Mrs. Jerome Paxton.
human
I'm glad.
gpt
Do you want to be rich, Jane?
human
No. I think it hampers people.
gpt
How?
human
Things collect and get to be important. Possessions smother you. Oh! no, I should hate to be rich.
gpt
Jane, I sometimes feel as if I had married a female Bernard Shaw!