human
Why not?
gpt
Because you are throwing away the best of yourself. Putting you into oratorio is like icing tea. You belong in grand opera.
human
I wish I could think so, Dane; but I am afraid I should only disappoint you,
gpt
I don't expect to be consistent, Sally retorted.
human
I'm only an ill-assorted snarl of threads ravelled out from my different ancestors.
gpt
That's dodging the responsibility, Miss Van Osdel.
human
I never did approve of shunting off our sins on the shoulders of our ancestors, he observed.
gpt
They sin; we get the come-uppance. You might as well say that the grandfather of this oyster is directly responsible for his being eaten alive.
human
No man's sin is wholly his own doing,