human
Were you amused with the dancing--this morning?
gpt
So, so, said Jack, sipping his coffee.
human
It was a stunning place for it, that studio; you'd have liked that. The Lamons and Mavick and a lot of people from the provinces were there. The company was more fun than the dance, especially to a fellow who has seen how good it can be and how bad in its home.
gpt
You have a chance to see the Spanish dancer again, under proper auspices,
human
How's that?
gpt
We are invited by Mrs. Brown--
human
The mother of the Bible class at St. Philip's?
gpt
Yes--to attend a charity performance for the benefit of the Female Waifs' Refuge. She is to dance.
human
Who? Mrs. Brown?
gpt
They are to make an artificial evening at eleven o'clock in the morning.
human
They must have got hold of Mavick's notion that this dance is religious in its origin. Do you, know if the exercises will open with prayer?
gpt
Nonsense, Jack. You know I don't intend to go. I shall send a small check.
human
Well, draw it mild. But isn't this what I'm accused of doing--shirking my duty of personal service by a contribution?
gpt
Perhaps. But you didn't have any of that shirking feeling last night, did you?
human
I'm half a mind to go to this thing. I would, if it didn't break up my day so.
gpt
As for instance?
human
Well, this morning I have to go up to the riding-school to see a horse --Storm; I want to try him. And then I have to go down to Twist's and see a lot of Japanese drawings he's got over. Do you know that the birds and other animals those beggars have been drawing, which we thought were caricatures, are the real thing? They have eyes sharp enough to see things in motion--flying birds and moving horses which we never caught till we put the camera on them. Awfully curious. Then I shall step into the club a minute, and--
gpt
Be in at lunch? Bess is coming.
human
Don't wait lunch. I've a lot to do.