human
I believe that youth to be a fortune-hunter!
gpt
You're wrong there, said I,
human
At all events, it is ridiculous, this flirtation, exclaimed the plump Baronessa.
gpt
He is a mere child. Gaetà is making a fool of herself. You are her friend. You should see this and put a stop to the affair in some way.
human
As to that, many women marry men younger than themselves, I replied, willing to tease the lady, though I could have laughed aloud at the bare idea of marriage for the Boy.
gpt
Still, I went on more consolingly,
human
I hardly think it will come to anything serious between them.
gpt
Ah, if you say that, you little know Gaetà, protested Gaetà's friend.
human
She is infatuated--infatuated with this youth of seventeen or eighteen, whom she insists, to justify her foolishness, is a year older than he can possibly be. Something must be done, and soon, or she is capable of proposing to him, if he pretend to hang back.
gpt
Something will be done, my dear; do not be unnecessarily excited, said the Baron.
human
I fear we have not the full sympathy of Lord Lane.
gpt
If you mean, will I do anything to keep the two apart, I confess you haven't, I answered.
human
The Contessa di Ravello is her own mistress, and I should say if she wanted the moon, it would be bad for anyone who tried to keep her from getting it.
gpt
HERE WE WERE AT ANNECY
human
We shall see,