human
It was certainly not very good form,
gpt
And of course that's all that matters, said Ann shrilly.
human
It's just good form that matters--not the truth.
gpt
Oh I don't see that you achieved any great thing for the truth, Ann. Anyhow, rudeness is no less rude when called truth.
human
Garden parties!
gpt
I am not giving the garden party, Ann, said Katie long-sufferingly.
human
I was doing nothing more than being civil to a guest--against rather heavy odds.
gpt
You were pretending to think it was lovely. But of course that's good form!
human
Come, Ann dear, let's not quarrel with each other just because it has been a disagreeable day, or because Caroline Osborne may have a mistaken idea of doing good--and I a mistaken idea of being pleasant. I promised Worth a little spin on the river before dinner. You'll come? It will be cooling.
gpt
My head aches, said Ann, but the tension of her voice broke on a sob.
human
If you don't mind--I'll stay here. She looked up at her in a way which remotely suggested the look of that little dog the day before,
gpt
Katie, I don't mean you. When I say things like that--I don't mean _you_. I mean--I suppose I mean--the things back of you. All those things--
human
You see, said Ann,
gpt
I don't believe in two worlds, said Katie promptly.
human
It's not a democratic view of things. It's all one world.
gpt
Your Miss Osborne and the fifty cents a day girls--all one world? I am afraid, laughed Ann tremulously,