human
Bertie will come and see you directly he gets home, Clara. It'll be in about six weeks, I expect. He turned to Winnie.
gpt
I hope you'll be kind to my boy. He doesn't know many ladies in London, and I want him to have a pleasant holiday.
human
I will. And I wish they were all three coming, Sir Hugh.
gpt
That might end in a family quarrel,
human
Well, I think you've made a favourable impression, though you didn't say much,
gpt
I wish you'd tell him about me,
human
I don't see much use in taking an assumed name, if you're going to tell everybody you meet.
gpt
He's such a friend of yours.
human
That's got nothing to do with it. Now if it were a man who wanted to marry you--well, he'd have to be told, I suppose, because you can't marry. But the General won't want to do that.
gpt
It seems somehow squarer.
human
Then am I to say Mrs. Maxon or Mrs. Ledstone?
gpt
Oh, I suppose we'd better leave it.