human
You need a London month to pull you together. Dull country, dull man; dull man, awful bore. Get a parish in the West End; you'll have howling larks converting Dives and Jezebel of the drawing-room.
gpt
I do not look upon conversion as a lark.
human
I do, especially with Jim. Oh, Lord, to think that he of all people should turn goody-goody. You are pleased, of course; the sight of the lost black sheep trotting home to fodder to the fold is----
gpt
I really cannot listen to this talk,
human
Yes, you can. I'll shock you more before I've done.
gpt
But your reason?
human
He asks for reason, and from a woman, she exclaimed.
gpt
So like that lame Lord Esbrook; he always asks what he should not and what he is never likely to get.
human
Reason from women?
gpt
And from men, who have still less to spare. But that's his way. Have you met Lord Esbrook? Such a funny walk as he has. Dot and carry one--wooden leg, you know; dot and carry one--just like this only much worse
human
Though you shouldn't mock at people's infirmities,
gpt
Why not? Esbrook's a holy show, and with the spite of the cripple, he spares no one's feelings. He's the cracked black pot snarling at the kettles he can never hope to be, with his dot and carry one, dot and carry one