human
I've always lived among musical people and heard the best of everything.
gpt
Well, opera's the only thing nowadays, the only really big proposition. And it's going to be a bigger proposition than most people dream of.
human
Wait till I build an opera house in London, something better than that old barn of yours over against the Police Station.
gpt
Are you going to build an opera house here?
human
Why not? But I've got to find some composers. They're somewhere about. Bound to be. The thing is to find them. It was a mere chance Sennier coming up. If he hadn't married his wife he'd be starving at this minute, and I'd be licking the Metropolitan into a cocked hat.
gpt
I've married a musician, I've married a genius. Take him up. Give him his chance.
human
I hope you'll find your composer,
gpt
That's a pretty girl, he remarked.
human
Is she married? I didn't catch her name.
gpt
Oh, yes, she's married to an unknown man who composes.
human
The devil she is!