human
It is all plain enough, said Carmen, as she sat down with book and pencil in hand,
gpt
Perhaps. I know a lot of young fellows.
human
But I mean available young men, those that count socially. I don't want a broker's board or a Chamber of Commerce here.
gpt
Any more?
human
Why, you forgot young Burnett, who was with you last summer at Rivervale. I thought you liked him.
gpt
So I did in Rivervale. Plain farmer people. Yes, he was very nice to us. I've been thinking if I couldn't send him something Christmas and pay off the debt.
human
He'd think a great deal more of an invitation to your reception.
gpt
But you don't understand. You never think of Evelyn's future. We are asking people that we think she ought to know.
human
Well, Burnett is a very agreeable fellow.
gpt
Fiddlesticks! He is nothing but a law clerk. Worse than that, he is a magazine writer.
human
I thought you liked his essays and stories.
gpt
So I do. But you don't want to associate with everybody you like that way. I am talking about society. You must draw the line somewhere. Oh, I forgot Fogg--Dr. LeRoy Fogg, from Pittsburg.
human
You mean that young swell whose business it is to drive a four-in-hand to Yonkers and back, and toot on a horn?
gpt
Well, what of that? Everybody who is anybody, I mean all the girls, want to go on his coach.
human
Oh, Lord! I'd rather go on the Elevated. And Mavick laughed very heartily, for him.
gpt
Well, I'll make a compromise. You take Fogg and I'll take Burnett. He is in a good firm, he belongs to a first-rate club, he goes to the Hunts' and the Scammels', I hear of him in good places. Come.
human
Well, if you make a point of it. I've nothing against him. But if you knew the feelings of a mother about her only daughter you would know, that you cannot be too careful.