human
Rather antiquated in expression, your reply, the old lady rejoined.
gpt
My small collection thanks you for your kindly appreciation; but that is not the question at present. You know my Böcklin?
human
Yes, Countess.
gpt
What do you think of it?
human
What could I think of it? It is a masterpiece.
gpt
H'm! that all the world admits, the old lady murmured, impatiently, as if vexed at the want of originality in his remark;
human
That would depend very much upon the kind of grand-daughter, he said, frowning slightly.
gpt
If she were a young girl brought up in the world and accustomed from childhood to works of art, I should say yes. If she were a young girl educated in a convent or bred in the country, I should say no.
human
I knew it! she said.
gpt
My Böcklin is doomed. Ah! she exclaimed, wringing her hands in mock despair.
human
Pray, Goswyn, --she treated the young officer with the affectionate familiarity an old lady would use towards a young fellow whom she has known intimately from early childhood,--
gpt
Lüdecke, call Friedrich to help you take down that picture.
human
Friedrich has gone to the station, your Excellency,
gpt
Yes, of course everything is topsy-turvy; nothing is as it has been used to be. 'Coming events cast their shadows before.' It will always be so now,
human
I will help you take down the picture, Lüdecke,