human
Yes, he said;
gpt
Sees what?
human
This,
gpt
Mayn't I see?
human
Yes, and her mother will have something to say to it too, he went on,
gpt
--he chuckled richly--
human
Mayn't I see it?
gpt
As if nobody in this world mattered but toffs, he said.
human
Perhaps they did once; but they're not going to for ever, I can tell you.
gpt
You're a Socialist?
human
The cheek of it! he continued, with another glance at the paper.
gpt
Lumme, I'd like to be there when she lets herself go!
human
Your mother?
gpt
No, I didn't mean her just then; but she'd be all right to listen to, too. She can't half speak her mind! No, I meant my fiancy. I've just left her; been there for Sunday.
human
Have you been engaged long?
gpt
No, he said.
human
That's the point. We only got engaged this year. I'd courted her a long time, but it wasn't till New Year's day that we fixed it up.
gpt
I congratulate you, I said,
human
Happy! he said;
gpt
I should think we were. That's what makes me so disgusted with this paper. Look at it.
human
The first interesting engagement of the New Year is that between Captain Dudley Hornby and Lady Marjorie Feilding.
gpt
The 'first'! he said scornfully.
human
The 'first'! She and her mother on that, he chuckled,
gpt
A few days ago a military concert was given [at Antwerp], but upon the band striking up the tune of 'Heil dir im Siegerterang' the people hooted. They were thereupon charged by the police, and since that occasion mitrailleuses have been posted in front of the German musicians.