human
Do you know these Harfinks?
gpt
Harfink fitted up my sugar factory, replies Erwin, and glances closely at his brother-in-law.
human
In consequence I have met him several times. Recently, in Marienbad, he reminded me of our acquaintance, and introduced me to his wife and daughter.
gpt
Strange man!
human
Yes, strange, silly! His wife is repulsive, both are very ordinary.
gpt
Yes, both, repeats Felix, and with the toe of his boot draws figures in the sand.
human
But the daughter?
gpt
Well, the daughter?
human
She is very well educated,
gpt
Her education was probably acquired in a very noble boarding-school, remarks Erwin, dryly.
human
During the ten minutes of our acquaintance, she used the word 'aristocratic' three times, and twice complained that society in the Kursaal was so mixed. Besides that, she found the country monotonous, the weather dull, the music '_agacante_,' and concluded by saying, one rails at Marienbad and yet it was tiresome everywhere, for her friend Laure de Lonsigny wrote her quite desperate letters from Luchon.
gpt
Poor girl, how embarrassed she must have been,
human
Embarrassed? Erwin shrugged his shoulders.
gpt
She had a great deal of self-possession.
human
Is not a certain kind of self-possession only a form of embarrassment?