human
Ah, me, life has its comic moments! His eyes were streaming.
gpt
I fear I must seem to you flippant, but you will admit the ludicrous side of the situation. I am none the less ready to cut my throat--ha, ha, ha! Admit, my dear Hadria--Mrs. Temperley--that it appeals also to _your_ sense of humour. A common sense of humour, you know, was one of our bonds of union. What more appropriate than that we should part with shaking sides? Oh, Lord! oh, Lord! what am I to do? One can't live on a good joke for ever.
human
The feminine nature always the same, always, always; infinitely charming and infinitely volatile. Delicious, and oh how instructive!
gpt
May I ask when this little change began to occur!
human
If you will ask in a less insolent fashion.
gpt
Oh, I see, he said, the savage gleam coming back to his eyes.
human
The change in your feelings began when Fortescue appeared?
gpt
It was when he appeared that I became definitely aware of that which I had been struggling with all my might and main to hide from myself, for a long time.
human
And that was----?
gpt
That there was something in you that made me--well, why should I not say it?--that made me shrink.
human
You have not mentioned the mysterious something.
gpt
An element that I have been conscious of from the first day I saw you.
human
Something that _I_ had, and Fortescue had _not_, it would seem.
gpt
Yes.
human
And so, on account of this diaphanous, indescribable, exquisite something, I am to be calmly thrown over; calmly told to go about my business!