human
Are the people on the border as bad as they are represented?
gpt
Certainly not much worse than they represent themselves, he replied;
human
I suppose the difference is that men feel less restraint there.
gpt
It is something more than that, added Morgan.
human
There is a sort of drift-wood of adventure and devil-may-care-ism that civilization throws in advance of itself; but that isn't so bad as the slag it manufactures in the cities.
gpt
I remember you said, Mr. Morgan, that men go West to get rid of their past,
human
As New Yorkers go to Europe to get rid of their future?
gpt
Yes --Morgan turned to Margaret--
human
That is dreadful, exclaimed Margaret.
gpt
To think of you spending your time in the service picking out passages to fit other people!
human
It sounds as if you had manufactured it,
gpt
No; that quiet Mr. Lyon pointed it out to me when we were talking about Montana. He had been there.
human
By-the-way, Mr. Henderson, my wife asked,
gpt
I believe he is about to go home.
human
I fancied Miss Eschelle might have something to say about that,
gpt
Perhaps, if she were asked. But Mr. Lyon appeared rather indifferent to American attractions.
human
She seemed to appreciate his goodness.
gpt
Yes; Miss Eschelle has an eye for goodness.
human
And yet, said Margaret, with a little air of temerity,
gpt
Oh, she is very charitable; she sees, I suppose, what is good in me; and I'll spare you the trouble of remarking that she must necessarily be very sharp-sighted.
human
And I'm not going to destroy your illusion by telling you her real opinion of you,