human
My dear boy, she said,
gpt
What affectation it is, mother, he said, throwing, however, the half-smoked cigar into the fire-place.
human
Some women swear they like smoke, others say they hate it like the devil. It depends altogether on whether they wish to flatter or snub a fellow.
gpt
You don't suppose that I wish to snub you?
human
Upon my word I don't know. I wonder whether you can let me have twenty pounds?
gpt
My dear Felix!
human
Just so, mother;--but how about the twenty pounds?
gpt
Just so, mother;--but how about the twenty pounds?
human
What is it for, Felix?
gpt
Well;--to tell the truth, to carry on the game for the nonce till something is settled. A fellow can't live without some money in his pocket. I do with as little as most fellows. I pay for nothing that I can help. I even get my hair cut on credit, and as long as it was possible I had a brougham, to save cabs.
human
What is to be the end of it, Felix?
gpt
I never could see the end of anything, mother. I never could nurse a horse when the hounds were going well in order to be in at the finish. I never could pass a dish that I liked in favour of those that were to follow. What's the use? The young man did not say
human
Have you been at the Melmottes' to-day?