human
Were you thinking of going on to the Conventional Club tonight, Mr. Delancy?
gpt
I don't belong, said Jack.
human
Mrs. Delancy said she didn't care for it.
gpt
Oh, I don't care for it, for myself,
human
I do, struck in Miss Tavish.
gpt
It's awfully nice.
human
Yes, it does seem to fill a want. Why, what do you do with your evenings, Mr. Delancy?
gpt
Well, here's one of them.
human
Yes, I know, but I mean between twelve o'clock and bedtime.
gpt
Oh, said Jack, laughing out loud,
human
I go to bed--sometimes.
gpt
Yes, 'there's always that. But you want some place to go to after the theatres and the dinners; after the other places are shut up you want to go somewhere and be amused.
human
Yes, said Jack, falling in,
gpt
I tell you what it is. It's a sort of Midnight Mission for the rich. They never have had anything of the kind in the city.
human
And it's very nice,
gpt
Oh, I see, said Jack.
human
It's what the Independent Theatre is trying to do, and what all the theatrical people say needs to be done, to elevate the character of the audiences, and then the managers can give better plays.
gpt
That's just it. We want to elevate the stage,
human
But, continued Jack,
gpt
You may laugh, Mr. Delancy, replied Carmen, throwing an earnest simplicity into her eyes,
human
And why, Miss Tavish asked,
gpt
And besides, Mr. Delancy, Carmen said, chiming in,
human
I hadn't thought of that, said Jack.
gpt
I thought the Conventional was for the benefit of the audience, not for the salvation of the performers.
human
It's both. It's life. Don't you think women ought to know life? How are they to take their place in the world unless they know life as men know it?
gpt
I'm sure I don't know whose place they are to take, the serpentine dancer's or mine, said Jack, as if he were studying a problem.
human
How does your experiment get on, Miss Tavish?
gpt
Oh, I haven't any experiment, said Miss Tavish, shaking her head.
human
It's just Mr. Delancy's nonsense.
gpt
I wish I had an experiment. There is so little for women to do. I wish I knew what was right.
human
Whatever Mrs. Henderson does is sure to be right,
gpt
There are so many points of view.