human
I'm old-fashioned, Caroline--out of date. That's what it is. These new people--that woman for instance, Beryl J. Bell--she's young, she believes in her books, her mind isn't tired like mine. I know. She rose and moved nervously about the room, speaking in a quick undertone.
gpt
I've always known that my books aren't very good of course--not like Hichens, I mean, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward, and Arnold Bennett--but they were good of their kind, and people did like them, I know they did. I've had letters from people I've never even heard of, showing how much they liked them, and how they had helped them. But now they're old-fashioned even among old-fashioned ones. That's it. She stood still to utter the saddest of cries.
human
I'm old, Caroline. I'm old.