human
Charming, charming! She clapped her hands.
gpt
And how well you tell it! You have told it just as it happened.
human
Just as it happened!
gpt
Exactly. I have had a letter, two, in fact. You did not see her face?
human
Only the chin and mouth. But if I ever meet her again I shall know her by her teeth.
gpt
Heavens! And how?
human
Two lower ones are gone; otherwise they would be beautiful.
gpt
Poor man! You have builded your house upon the sands. Her teeth are perfect. She has fooled you.
human
But I saw with these two eyes!
gpt
There is a preparation which theatrical people use; a kind of gum. She mentioned the trick. Isn't she clever?
human
Yet I shall know her hair,
gpt
Now, you have known me for years. What is the color of my hair?
human
Why, it is blond.
gpt
Nothing of the kind. It is auburn. If you can not tell mine, how will you tell hers?
human
I shall probably run after every red-headed woman in Europe till I find her,
gpt
If you can keep out of jail long enough.
human
I shall at any rate remember her voice.
gpt
That is better. Our ears never deceive half so often as our eyes.
human
Her face is not scarred, is it?
gpt
Scarred! indignantly.
human
She is as beautiful as a Raphael, as lovely as a Bouguereau. If I were a man I should gladly journey round the world for the sight of her.
gpt
I am willing, even anxious.
human
I should fall in love with her.
gpt
I believe I have.
human
And I should marry her, too.
gpt
Even that.
human
Come, Mr. Hillard; I am just fooling. You are too sensible a man to fall in love with a shadow, a mask. Your fancy has been trapped, that is all. One does not fall in love that way.
gpt
You ought to know,