human
Oh, that would spoil it all! he cried.
gpt
Toby must never know--at least, not for a long time. He would certainly come here, too. How tiresome that would be! And I should quite lose my temper with him.
human
I know; that is just it, she said.
gpt
It would be so amusing. I love seeing scenes, and I should like to see you really angry, Ted. What do you do?
human
Well, you will soon know, if you write to Toby, he said.
gpt
Kit, you simply mustn't. No, I won't say that, or else you will. But please don't.
human
Well, I won't to-night, at any rate, she said.
gpt
But I shall keep it as a hold over you, so you must behave nicely. Oh, Ted, how pretty you have made your room! And tea is ready; I am so hungry. Really, it is quite too funny about Toby.
human
Well?
gpt
When did I not behave nicely to you?
human
Oh, a thousand times--yesterday, to-day, now, even, she said,
gpt
Yes, you look quite nice to-day, she said,
human
I knew it was wrong, he said.
gpt
But don't you see?
human
I remember now--I gave it you, she said.
gpt
Really, I think that is the greatest compliment you ever paid me, spoiling your scheme of dress. Sugar? Yes, you take two lumps, I know.
human
It was an experiment, I felt, he said.
gpt
But I did right.
human
she said.
gpt
Poor dear Toby could not have played into our hands more beautifully. The poor child was quite right, and most thoughtful. Stanborough is certainly too much _du monde_--of the wrong sort, that is to say--in August. He drove us to Aldeburgh. It is on his head. And he actually threatened to telegraph to Jack. I wonder if he would have carried it out. Personally, I don't think he would; but, anyhow, it is all for the best. He couldn't have suited us better. Dear boy, how nice to have such a careful little brother-in-law!
human
He threatened me, said Ted plaintively,
gpt
Jack's nose has grown since he became a financier, remarked Kit.
human
That is the worst of becoming anything. If you become a pianist, your hair grows. If you become a philanthropist, your front-teeth grow. I never intend to become anything, not even a good woman,
gpt
I hope not,
human
Oh, how I hate people who are in earnest about things! said Kit in a sort of frenzy.
gpt
I mean I hate people being in earnest about the things they ought to be in earnest about. One should only take seriously things like one's hair and games and dress. For sheer social hopelessness give me a politician or a divine. Ted, promise me you will never become a divine.
human
Not to-day, at any rate, said Ted;
gpt
I've finished for what I have received, she said,
human
There is a draper's shop and a church, said Ted.
gpt
That is all.