human
I'm goin' to see the Duke m'self, he announced,
gpt
What, about the money we've raised on the income?
human
Every blessed thing, said Kaimes, doggedly;
gpt
He mightn't follow your reasoning, murmured Leah, with one hand on the mantelpiece and the other holding up her skirts to warm one foot.
human
But you can't make a much worse mess of it than Lionel has made. Two hundred pounds--he must have thought he was asking money for some old woman. Shall I come with you, Jim?
gpt
No. He halted at the door to deliver himself of the remark,
human
You're like a red rag to a bull.
gpt
Oh, very well. I only thought you'd like me to translate your talk into something resembling English.
human
Don't you fret yourself, I'll make him understand. An' if I do get things squared, cried Jim, warming at the thought of his heroism in facing an angry parent,
gpt
Yes, dear James, and you'll live as other men do, won't you?
human
I'll do what I jolly well please. An' why James?
gpt
There never was a St. Jim, that I ever heard of, mused Leah, turning pensive eyes on her exasperated husband,
human
--she moved swiftly towards him, and detained him gently by the lapels of his coat--
gpt
Don't talk bosh,
human
No, James, I won't, if you will only raise my intellect to the level of your own. And think what a delightful existence it will be, James. A cheap Bayswater dungeon, with three servants and the shopping done at Whiteley's. I'll turn my dresses and trim my hats and you'll give up your clubs, to curse in a stuffy drawing-room while you play bezique with your dear wife, till we go to bed at ten. No more betting on Podaskas, James; no more whist-drives, or bridge, or any such expensive naughtinesses. And how nice it will be for you, James, to flirt with those earnestly-fashionable suburban girls, who are just half an hour behind the times, and who----