human
The Embankment, with the occasional excitement of a quarrel with Mr. Moss, it had been all very well; but now while her father was studying statistics at the British Museum, she had nothing to do but to practise her singing.
gpt
I mean to do something, you know, towards earning that £200 which you have lent me. This she said to Lord Castlewell, who had come up to London to have his teeth looked after. This was the excuse he gave for being in London at this unfashionable season.
human
I have to sing from breakfast to dinner without stopping one minute, so you may go back to the dentist at once. I haven't time even to see what he has done.
gpt
I have to propose that you and your father shall come and dine with me down at Richmond to-day. There is old Mrs. Peacock, who used to sing bouffe parts at the Queen's Theatre. She is a most respectable old party, and she shall come if you will let her.
human
For papa to flirt with?
gpt
Not at all. With a party of four there is never any flirting. It is all solid sense. I want to have some serious conversation about that £200. Mrs. Peacock will be able to give me her opinion.
human
She won't be able to lend me the money?
gpt
I'm afraid she isn't a good doctor for that disease. But you must dine somewhere, and do say you will come.
human
I'll go and see, said he,
gpt
And what about Mrs. Peacock?
human
There won't be any trouble about her, because she lives at Richmond. You needn't be a bit afraid for your father's sake, because she is over sixty.
gpt
The deceit of the world, the flesh, and the devil, get the better of one on every side, said Rachel, when she was left to herself.
human
Who would have thought of the noble lord spinning off to the British Museum on such an errand as that! But he will give papa a good dinner, and I shan't be any the worse. A man must be very bad before he can do a woman an injury if she is determined not to be injured.
gpt
I am a Landleaguing Home-Ruler, you know, my lord, of the most advanced description. The Speaker has never turned me out of the House of Commons, only because I have never sat there. Your character will be lost for ever.