human
But I hope, she merely said,
gpt
I don't believe, he said,
human
I'm meant for an author--not in these days anyhow, when it's a trade. You know, my dear, it's too absurd but I can _not_ forget those beastly critics! They've put me off entirely. Every line I write, I think that such and such a paper won't like that: just as though I was writing for them and not for the public! He took up a magazine and flung it down violently on the sofa.
gpt
I tell you though, he said confidently, as though that changed his mood, and rose to go:
human
I jolly well mean to get at the public, _this_ time.
gpt
Hugh, she said, ludicrously horror-struck,
human
You'll see, he said.
gpt
I'm nearly through with the synopsis now and I'll read you the first chapter soon. It's not like the last, anyhow. It's called _Eternity_. And there's one thing, he went on with a kind of brutal joy,
human
But, Hugh,