human
Thanks awfully for your invitation to luncheon,
gpt
Which you forgot.
human
Did I ever receive it?
gpt
Did not my last remark imply the invitation. Remarkable!
human
Not that a man should forget an invitation, she explained;
gpt
You make me out to be a gourmet,
human
Why not a gourmand? One speaks French in Paris.
gpt
Not invariably, since we now converse in English,
human
The hieroglyphics on the Place de la Concorde Obelisk describe the triumphs of Rameses II., who reigned over Egypt in the fourteenth century before Christ. Mr. Askew knows him.
gpt
Indeed? smiled Lady Jim.
human
Is he stopping in Paris?
gpt
Miss Tallentire means to say that I know 'of him.'
human
Well, I said so. But my English _is_ faulty.
gpt
Mr. Askew will surely improve it. His knowledge of hieroglyphics----
human
The guide-book's knowledge, Lady James,
gpt
Hum! Information while you wait--Murray and Baedeker's extract of history--archeological tabloids.
human
What felicitous phrases!
gpt
Sarcasm! That surely means--convalescence.
human
You have been ill then, monsieur
gpt
Heart-disease, flashed Lady Jim, gaily--
human
Ah, M. Demetrius! --and so did her ex-lover out of a retort.
gpt
You know Miss Tallentire--Mr. Askew; they were at Firmingham, if you remember. And M. Aksakoff, who will doubtless recall Dr. Demetrius.
human
You place me too high, said the doctor, bowing stiffly.
gpt
Out of Russia I am but a simple physician.
human
And a remarkably clever one, according to this lady.
gpt
Madame flatters. I failed, where I should have succeeded.