human
I asked your mother, Mona, what she thought of me as a prospective son-in-law.
gpt
I suppose she told you that it wouldn't make any difference what she might say; I'd do as I pleased anyhow. Didn't she?
human
Well, I had to bring up the subject somehow. And now that I've done it--do you love me well enough to marry me, Mona?
gpt
I think--I rather think I like you too well to marry you. What I mean is, I'm afraid it would spoil you, my dear boy. You're too well satisfied with yourself. I don't want to marry a man who is content to fly around half the time and admire me the other half; although, she added,
human
I like to be admired as well as any one.
gpt
I see, pretty soberly, for him.
human
You want me to get in and do something important. Like Powart?
gpt
It's only fair to say that I've given him an ultimatum, too. She hinted at what she had told the chairman.
human
I said nothing about--you.