human
Well?
gpt
Such a stupid evening! He is just absorbed in that girl from Brandon. I told him we were going abroad.
human
Going abroad! You are crazy, child. New York is forty times as amusing.
gpt
And forty times as tiresome. I'm sick of it. Mamma, don't you think it would be only civil to ask Mr. Lyon to a quiet dinner before he goes?
human
Certainly. That is what I said the other day. I thought you--
gpt
Yes, I was ill-natured then. But I want to please you. And we really ought to be civil.