human
Ah! said he,
gpt
Has she given you any answer?
human
The same answer!
gpt
Jack, said I,
human
I ought to call you out.
gpt
Don't, said he.
human
I don't want to be called out. I am getting found out. That's worse. Well--Miss Elisabeth, may I be the first to congratulate?
gpt
I am glad, said I, with just a slight trace of severity,
human
Been there every Sunday regularly since you went away, said Jack.
gpt
I am not one of the family in one way, and in another way I am. Honestly, I have tried my best to cut you out. Not that you have not played your game well enough, but there never was a game played so well that some other fellow could not win by coppering it. So I coppered everything you did--played it for just the reverse. No go--lost even that way. And I thought _you_ were the most perennial fool of your age and generation.
human
Mr. Dandridge, said I to him,
gpt
Certainly! The _particeps criminis_ of our bungled wedding--of course I know her!
human
I only want to say, I remarked,
gpt
All of them but two.
human
When the Baroness von Ritz insists on her intention of leaving us--just at the height of all our happiness--I want you to hand her to her carriage. In the second place, I may need you again--
gpt
Well, what would any one think of that!