human
Iris, my dear, he said,
gpt
I don't know,
human
You would have to leave me, of course. You would sever your connection, as they say, with the shop.
gpt
Please, don't let us talk nonsense, grandfather.
human
You would have to be ashamed, perhaps, of ever having taught for your living.
gpt
Now that I never should be--never, not if they made me a duchess.
human
You would go dressed in silk and velvet. My dear, I should like to see you dressed up just for once, as we have seen them at the theater.
gpt
Well, I should like one velvet dress in my life. Only one. And it should be crimson--a beautiful, deep, dark crimson.
human
Very good. And you would drive in a carriage instead of an omnibus; you would sit in the stalls instead of the upper circle; you would give quantities of money to poor people; and you would buy as many second hand books as you pleased. There are rich people, I believe, ostentatious people, who buy new books. But you, my dear, have been better brought up. No books are worth buying till they have stood the criticism of a whole generation at least. Never buy new books, my dear.
gpt
I won't, said Iris.
human
But, you dear old man, what have you got in your head to-night? Why in the world should we talk about getting rich?
gpt
I was only thinking, he said,
human
Happier? Nonsense! I am as happy as I can be. Six pupils already. To be sure I have lost one, she sighed;