human
He is simply exquisite,
gpt
What’s happened to the young man’s spectacles?
human
They don’t suit him, said Hilda eagerly.
gpt
They don’t suit him at all. They give him headaches. Edwin would have me take him to the local man, what’s-his-name at Hanbridge. I was afraid it would be risky, but Edwin would have it. I’m going to take him to London to-morrow. He’s been having headaches for some time and never said a word. I only found it out by accident.
human
Surely, Ingpen smiled,
gpt
Oh! said Hilda.
human
He’s rather secretive, you know.
gpt
I’ve never noticed, said Ingpen,
human
If you ask me, he kept it quiet just to pay us out.
gpt
Pay you out? What for?
human
For making him wear spectacles at all. These kids want a deuce of a lot of understanding; but that’s my contribution. He simply said to himself: ’Well, if they think they’re going to cure my eyesight for me with their beastly specs they just aren’t, and I won’t tell ’em!’
gpt
Edwin! Hilda protested warmly.
human
I wonder you can talk like that!