human
After all, though, the excessive tax on articles purchased by travellers abroad and brought to this country serves as a legitimate balance-wheel, said Carroll, coolly. One would not have thought that he was in the least conscious of what was going on around him.
gpt
It is mostly the very wealthy who go abroad and purchase articles of foreign manufacture, he added, gently,
human
Equality of fiddlesticks! said the other man.
gpt
What the devil do the masses of the poor in this country care about the foreign works of art, anyhow? They don't want 'em. And what is going to compensate this country for not possessing works of art which it will never produce here, and which would tend to the liberal education of its citizens?
human
Not many of its citizens in the broader sense would ever see those works of art when they were here and shrined in the drawing-rooms of the millionaires, said Carroll, smiling;
gpt
Yes, they are, too, more than you think, declared the major;
human
--he cast a glance at Ina--
gpt
I suppose, said she, with a kind of soft sarcasm,
human
The humanitarian wars are all right, all right, said the major, hastily;
gpt
I suppose, said Mrs. Carroll,
human
Yes, replied the major,
gpt
It does seem such a pity, said Mrs. Carroll.
human
It would be so nice to have Ina's things made in Paris if it didn't cost anything to get them over here--wouldn't it?
gpt
I would just as soon have my dresses made in Banbridge, said Ina.
human
Madame Griggs is as good as a French dressmaker.
gpt
She is fine,