human
But that'd mean an awful row, and the--a case, and all that!
gpt
I hope it would. But Cyril doesn't approve of divorce.
human
Then you'd never be able to--to get regular, as long as he lived.
gpt
I think I should be regular, without getting regular,
human
What's the good of defying the world?
gpt
Isn't that the only way bad things get altered?
human
It needs a good deal of courage to do things like that--right or wrong.
gpt
I should rely on the man I loved to give me the courage.
human
Of course the two people would have to be very much in love with one another,
gpt
The more a man loved a woman, the less likely he'd be to consent to put her in such a position,
human
It would be the only honourable position for her,
gpt
I must go.
human
Are you coming to anything to-morrow?
gpt
No, I shall be in town to-morrow. I dare say I shall stay a night or two.
human
Come back in a better temper!
gpt
I'm a fool to come back at all.
human
and to give him the best of hospitality. Bob Purnett and he were old schoolfellows and had never lost sight of one another. Bob had four thousand a year of his own (though not of his own making), and in the summer he had no work to do; in the winter he hunted. He was a jovial being and very popular, except with the House Committee and the cook of his club; to these unfortunate officials he was in the nature of a perpetual Assize Court presided over by a
gpt
Hanging Judge.