human
You see how I am developing the heroine, my Lord, we heard her say, laying aside her manuscript.
gpt
Of course Caroline, being enormously rich, suspects unjustly that the men who flock about her care only for her money. Her money is her curse, which brings us back to the great principle of compensation in life. For instance, John has had to give up raw onions, of which he used to be passionately fond. So Caroline has everything in the world but love, while Alonzo, the poor artist, who goes every morning to the park just to see her walk by, loves her for herself, knows nothing of her wealth, and yet they are divided by a wide gulf. Our silly conventions require that they must not speak, and yet she rides by daily and sees him standing by the reservoir in an attitude of adoration and she yearns for him, but how are they to be introduced? Of course, as I go on, I shall develop Alonzo.
human
Clever, very clever, interrupted his Lordship.
gpt
But Mrs. Radigan, tell me, what do you do about the spelling?
human
That, of course, replied Mrs. Radigan sagely,
gpt
Clever--very clever,
human
My dear, he said,
gpt
Nonsense, said Mrs. Radigan firmly.
human
It would silence all those silly stories in _Town Twaddle_ if people thought we had written a novel together.
gpt
But think of my having to go on the Stock Exchange after the book was published,
human
You are afraid of yourself, John, replied his wife kindly.
gpt
You do not realize that now you are smart enough and rich enough to be a fool without hurting your position in the world. Hethy Hopper thinks the book will be very clever, and by getting it out under both our names we will demonstrate to the world how versified, I mean volatile, we are.
human
Clever--awfully clever,
gpt
Sally is clever, said Pearl Veal quietly to me.
human
What a woman she is! She has been poor and rich. She was common and became a Knickerbocker and then smart. Now she is clever, and when she wearies of that she will settle down and be good. She thinks she has never been good, and it would hurt her dreadfully to be disillusioned.
gpt
Captain, you have not heard all of the chapter,
human
Oh, your Lordship is too flattering. He did say
gpt
Aw, but he added something to it, very much to it, indeed, and when he had finished I noticed that she was blushing delightfully and smiling. Poor Mrs. Radigan! The soldier's broad back was toward her, but she could see the two heads together and hear Miss Klapper's musical laugh and the Englishman's joyous
human
Aw. For a moment she stared at them in amazement; then gathered up the scattered pages of
gpt
The Calf Worshippers, arose and exclaimed,
human
Come girls, it's high time to dress for dinner. I see Carrie and Hethy just coming in.
gpt
Jolly girl, Miss Klapper?
human
From the West,
gpt
Are all your Western girls beautiful?
human
All that are asked to visit in the East are, I answered.
gpt
Or else rich. The others marry at home.
human
Miss Klapper is, of course, rich?
gpt
Milwaukee, said I.
human
Klapper's Extra Pale.
gpt
Aw,
human
But she has no family.
gpt
Family? said he in a puzzled way.
human
Do you have them in America?
gpt
One or two, said I.
human
But they are nearly all buried now.
gpt
She is certainly stunning, he mused.
human
Lovely face; charming figure; eyes fairly crackle; and clever, very clever. You say she comes from Klapper's Extra Pale? Aw.