human
Good afternoon.
gpt
Hello, Peggy. Come over to see the sparklers?
human
I don’t care much about jewellers’ windows, Peggy said with severity.
gpt
What’s the use of looking at a lot of things you can’t afford to buy, and then getting to want them, and making yourself miserable?
human
That may be all right for some folks, he replied.
gpt
But your remarks don’t apply, of course, to wealthy individuals like myself. I’m thinking of buying up a few of the novelties before I go home, as Christmas remembrances for my friends.
human
I don’t believe any real friend of yours would want a very expensive present from you, exclaimed Peggy, too indignant to realize that she was on dangerous ground.
gpt
Because, of course, you can’t afford it.
human
Naturally a fellow just finishing college and dependent on his father for every cent, isn’t going to blow in much for jewelry, he replied with an air of wishing to change the subject.
gpt
Some of these designs are great, Peggy, even if we can’t buy them.
human
Are they?
gpt
It’s an enterprising firm, continued Graham, mystified by her unusual manner.
human
They’re great on advertising. The first ad. I got from them nearly took me off my feet. It was gotten up like a letter.
gpt
What! Peggy’s sudden accession of breathless interest was as incomprehensible as her previous air of disapproval.
human
A letter? Tell me about it, Graham.
gpt
Why, there isn’t much to tell. It reads like a note of thanks for different presents you’ve sent. It brings in the name of the firm once or twice, and puffs ’em up in an accidental way. The mother of one of the fellows read his, and thought it was the real thing. He had no end of trouble explaining.