human
Tell me, please, what is amiss: you know I want to learn from you. And please laugh; only tell me.
gpt
Well, well, he _is_ rude, poor fellow! but you see I may as well tell you what he is thinking about: he means that you look rather old for your age. But surely there need be no wonder in that, since you have been travelling; and clearly from all you have been saying, in unsocial countries. It has often been said, and no doubt truly, that one ages very quickly if one lives amongst unhappy people. Also they say that southern England is a good place for keeping good looks. She blushed and said:
human
How old am I, do you think?
gpt
Well, quoth I,
human
I have always been told that a woman is as old as she looks, so without offence or flattery, I should say that you were twenty.
gpt
I am well served out for fishing for compliments, since I have to tell you the truth, to wit, that I am forty- two.