human
I am behind the times, she confessed;
gpt
What a nasty speech!
human
My dear, it is; but then, I feel nasty.
gpt
And look charming,
human
I wonder how many times a day you repeat yourself,
gpt
As often as I recall your face. I can think then of only one adjective, charming, and one noun, angel.
human
What limitations! And the necessary verb?
gpt
I love you.
human
First person singular, as usual, after the manner of the male egotist. Isn't this rather Lindley-Murray whispering?
gpt
I depend upon you, dear, for my return fare.
human
Billy will pay, conjectured Lady Jim, calmly:
gpt
I quite expect he has broken the bank.
human
Not on Mr. Askew's system, cried Mamie;
gpt
You would suggest improvements,
human
Then you admit that they were.
gpt
If fitted properly into the puzzle, and at the proper time. But it's a mistake to swap horses when crossing a stream.
human
Huh! said Miss Mulrady, in her best Californian style.
gpt
I guess the animals belonged to you. I lost no dollars
human
Demetrius is to blame----
gpt
Your husband?
human
You there, M. Aksakoff? I was thinking of my husband--yes. He is trying to get well in Jamaica, and M. Demetrius has gone to pull him round. I shall certainly blame him if he does not cure Jim.
gpt
That is severe, madame. After all, no human being holds the keys of life and death.
human
Don't talk like that. It makes me fear lest Jim should never get well. But after all, M. Demetrius is extraordinarily clever. I told your daughter, only this afternoon, how I had been attracted to him for Jim's sake, and by his knowledge of consumption.
gpt
Oh! Aksakoff looked at her with his pale eyes, and very inquiringly. It had not occurred to him that the lady was a model wife.
human
The medical attainments of M. Demetrius attracted you.
gpt
Naturally! My husband is ill. I wish him to be cured. M. Demetrius has a European reputation for cure of consumption. We have held many conversations on the subject, and I feel certain that there is a chance for poor dear Jim.
human
If M. Demetrius becomes his medical attendant?
gpt
He is, Leah assured him.
human
The poor creature he was looking after in Madeira, on behalf of the Duke, is dead, and Katinka informed me that M. Demetrius had sailed for Jamaica.
gpt
How does my daughter know that?
human
A charming place you have here, she said, glancing round, and giving him to understand that the shrug was his answer;
gpt
You will find it more so without tobacco smoke,