human
Isn't it stunning, Lolly? I asked.
gpt
And, just think, it was only fifteen dollars, suit, hat, muff, and all.
human
For the love of Mike, Nora, cut it out! You're a poor little liar!
gpt
Liar! What do you mean, Lolly Hope?
human
That suit you have on never cost one penny less than $150. The fur alone is easily worth half of that. It's silver fox, an inch of which is worth several dollars, and that muff-- She laughed disgustedly.
gpt
What do you take me for, anyhow, to try to spring that fifteen-dollar gag on me?
human
It was marked down, I tell you, at a bargain sale.
gpt
Oh, come off, Nora! Don't try that on me. I know where you got those clothes. That man Hamilton gave them to you. You didn't follow my advice, I see. She shrugged her shoulders.
human
Of course it's your own affair, and I'm the last to blame you or any other girl for a thing like that, but, for heaven's sake, don't think it necessary to make up fairy-tales to me!
gpt
Lolly, I swear to you that I paid for these myself.
human
Tell it to the marines!
gpt
Then see for yourself. Here are the price-tags, and here's the bill,