human
What a pretty foot you have, Clover,
gpt
Not a bit better shaped than yours, my dear. Let us have a select little mutual admiration society.
human
But mine are large,
gpt
So are you,
human
But isn’t it strange that people never consider that, in speaking of a woman’s foot? She must have small feet irrespective of her size, or else they had better never be seen or mentioned. In old novels a man sometimes keeps his beloved’s slipper under a glass case. What a formidable piece of furniture my lover will have when he gets a glass case for mine.
gpt
Foolish child! You are proportioned just right.
human
Perhaps; but what I say is that the consensus of opinion decides that I ought not to be. Shoe men fall in with that idea. Dainty shoes are small shoes. I tell you fame and wealth awaits the shoe-dealer who becomes inspired with the idea that large women want pretty shoes too.
gpt
You seem to have made Mr. Page have a delightful evening,
human
Yes; he didn’t ask for one of my slippers, though. Fancy sterling cousin Page ordering a glass case!
gpt
What did you talk about?
human
Oh, weights and measures, as usual. I wasn’t in the mood to be good, and I tried conscientiously to make a fool of our friend.
gpt
Mildred!
human
No harm done; I didn’t succeed. He made one of me instead. This has been what you might term an off day for your little sister.
gpt
What do you mean? How did he make a fool of you?
human
I’ll never tell you,—or hardly ever. Perhaps when we are both married.