human
Il est très bien, cet Ashley, the Marquise continued,
gpt
At New York we parted, never to meet again--so he thinks. His work was done! He went straight to that funny place in Michigan to join his pal. He's there now--waiting to hear that Olivia has married her Englishman, as you might wait to hear that sentence of death on some one you were fond of had been carried out. Ah, mon Dieu, quel brave homme! I'm proud to belong to the people who produced him. I don't know that I ever was before.
human
Oh, the world is full of brave fellows, when the moment comes to try them.
gpt
Perhaps. I'm not convinced. What about _him_? She flicked her hand again toward Ashley.
human
Would he stand a big test?
gpt
He's stood a good many of them, I understand. He's certainly been equal to his duty here.
human
He's done what a gentleman couldn't help doing. That's something, but it's possible to ask more.
gpt
I hope you're not going to ask it,
human
He strikes me as a man who would grant what was wrung from him, while the other--my blond Hercules--gives royally, like a king.
gpt
There's a soul that climbs as by a ladder, and there's a soul that soars naturally as a lark. I don't know that it matters which they do, so long as they both mount upward.
human
We shall see.
gpt
What shall we see? I hope you're not up to anything, Vic?
human
That's the match that should have--
gpt
You must excuse me now, Vic. I've some work to do.
human
Yes, be off. Only--