human
There! You are slipping away again.
gpt
No, indeed. I am far too tired and this is too comfortable.
human
You have had an engagement every day since I have been here. You can’t deny it. What sort of a way is that to treat a guest?
gpt
You aren’t my guest, you are Clover’s.
human
Clover is a daisy and always was, exclaimed Jack, regardless of paradox.
gpt
She is the sweetest girl in the world.
human
Of course,
gpt
I ought to have gone with you that first evening,
human
Would it, Mildred? Jack broke in with a sort of earnest excitement.
gpt
Would it have led on to fortune?
human
If I had gone with you, would you have had fewer engagements and more time for me since then?
gpt
How can I tell?
human
I didn’t know exactly what my feeling was then; but I knew afterward, he went on.
gpt
Ogden wasn’t any part of our past. I didn’t want to share you with him that night.
human
He didn’t want to share me with you either, so you were both satisfied,
gpt
Was he satisfied? asked Van Tassel savagely.
human
Methinks not. I notice that whatever your engagements have been this week, he has not been in them.
gpt
How observing you are!
human
Yes. He is done for. It would be interesting to know how many scalps that makes, Mildred.
gpt
Look here, Jack, the girl was not smiling, and her eyes darkened as she met his;
human
Can I make love to you?
gpt
That depends on your versatility.
human
Or my patience in standing in line. I’ve been standing in line all the week. Don’t you think it is about time I got there?
gpt
What do you call this? Mildred gave him a tantalizing glance from under her half-dropped lids.
human
I arrive early at the rendezvous. We sit _tête-à-tête_, and how do you make use of the time?
gpt
I am a fool,
human
That must be why you always speak the truth so indiscreetly. I never thought of that as the reason, really. Now let us decide what to order before Clover comes. What can make her so late?
gpt
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