human
he declaimed, as if quoting a possible headline.
gpt
No, no, Mother darling, that won't do. You must stick to Marcus Stone. Trot along and get it, there's a dear.
human
Grisel will be sorry to find it gone, she said, as he hung it on the nail and let it slowly slide down the wall.
gpt
She loves it.
human
She loves it because Wick knew about the artist. Imitative little monkey, Grisel.
gpt
So are you--so are you an imitative monkey, for she realised that these new artistic tastes of his were derived from some model and not from any instinctive search for a peculiar kind of beauty. Instead she only said, referring to an old pet name of her own for her children,
human
Yes, one of God's apelets, and so are you, Paul.
gpt
Yes, dear, he murmured, without listening to her.
human
That's very good, just there. The light catches it just right.
gpt
A gentleman downstairs to see you, sir.
human
Oh, Mr. Crichell! We're going to the Grafton Galleries together to see that 'Moonlight in the Trenches' fellow's pictures.
gpt
Please, Mr. Paul, it ain't Mr. Crichell.
human
Oh, who is it?
gpt
I don't know, sir. Not at all a nice gentleman. I wouldn't leave him alone in the drorin'-room if I was you.
human
Look here, Mother, he said,
gpt
I'm afraid it's a brute of a fellow on business. I told him I'd kill him if he came here, but --the young man waved his long, nervous hands helplessly--
human
Oh, Paul, she whispered,
gpt
Horse Fair.
human
Look here, Mother, he said,
gpt
I must get him out of the house. Suppose you go and tell him--tell him that I'm not in. Perhaps you'd better say that I'm out of town.
human
Is it a bill?
gpt
No--that is--not exactly. The fact is, it's a money-lender. Alfred Brock put me on to a good thing in the City, and it--it went wrong somehow, so I borrowed fifty pounds of this chap--Somerset's his name--and I---- But go and tell him I'm out. I'll explain it all to you afterwards,
human
Don't, Mother, please don't, he exclaimed.
gpt
It's quite all right. I shall have the money next week, and the brute's just got to wait, that's all.
human
What a happy woman, what a happy woman!
gpt
I'll not say you're out, Paul, and I won't say you're away. I'll see the man, and I'll tell him you'll pay him next week.