human
What a beautiful studio, Mrs. Paxton,
gpt
Yes, we like it. Jerry, here is an old friend of yours,
human
How do you do?
gpt
How do you do, Strange Man?
human
It's beautiful, Jerry. You _are_ getting on.
gpt
Yes, thanks be.
human
I hear of these teas of yours everywhere.
gpt
They are Jane's teas; I have no credit for them.
human
I suppose Mr. Christiansen supplies her celebrities.
gpt
Is he a celebrity agent?
human
He knows everybody, of course, and his devotion to your wife is the talk of the town.
gpt
Mrs. Paxton seems to act as a magnet to celebrities. She needs no assistance,
human
How fortunate!
gpt
Are you having a good time this winter?
human
I should think you would scarcely ask me that.
gpt
Why shouldn't I ask you?
human
You know how miserable you've made me.
gpt
Everybody talks about it.
human
About what?
gpt
The way you dropped me.
human
But I didn't; you dropped me.
gpt
No one believes that. They think your wife is jealous and made you give me up.
human
I don't know what you mean by 'give you up.'
gpt
Last winter and spring you were always with me.
human
I'm awfully sorry if I damaged your reputation in any way.
gpt
It isn't only my reputation you damaged, Jerry.
human
Look here, Althea, this is foolish kind of talk for us to be indulging in. There was never anything between us but a mild flirtation, and we both know it.
gpt
How cruel men are!
human
Aren't they? he laughed.
gpt
You ought to get them all transported to Mars; then you would have a perfect world, for woman's delectation. You know Mr. Chatfield, don't you, Miss Morton? Chat, she holds a brief on man's inhumanity to woman. Jane is calling me, so I leave you as my proxy. Defend us, Chat!
human
I see dear Althy is with us. Some nerve--what?
gpt
Oh, no--a forgiving nature. You never did her justice.
human
Go bring her over here. I owe her one or two.
gpt
No, thanks. I don't want to turn Jane's party into a battlefield.
human
Never fear. Althy is for trench warfare, she never fights in the open.
gpt
Admire her, don't you, Bobs?
human
Vawstly!