human
Look at it yourself, he said, with a hard emphasis on each syllable.
gpt
So far as I can finish it, it is done. I cannot improve it!
human
I do not know whether it is like, said Erika,
gpt
It is magnificent! exclaimed her grandmother.
human
You have flattered the child, and have done it most delicately,--_en homme d'esprit_.
gpt
Flattered! he cried.
human
Hardly! I have tried to produce the expression which not every one can see in the face. That is the only merit of my poor performance: otherwise it is a daub. I have never seemed to myself so poor a painter as when at work upon this picture.
gpt
What are you about? exclaimed the old Countess.
human
You are in a very odd mood to-day.
gpt
Oh, the brushes were worn out, he replied.
human
I could not have painted another picture with them.