human
That is true, she said.
gpt
All the same, I don't think it is quite fair of you to ask me who it was.
human
Lily, if it is the person I mean, he said,
gpt
Yes, it is Kit,
human
Ah, what have you done?
gpt
I have done what she asked.
human
How much?
gpt
That is my own affair, Toby,
human
Borrowing! Kit borrowing!
gpt
Of course, I haven't let her borrow,
human
You have made her a present of it?
gpt
Oh, Toby, how you dot your i's this morning! she said.
human
Shall I unseal what I have written, and put a postscript saying you wish it to be understood that so much interest is charged on a loan? No, I am talking nonsense. Come, it is time to go out. Kit is coming to see me this afternoon, soon after lunch, so we must be back before two.
gpt
Kit coming to see you? What for?
human
She asked me if I would be in at three. I know no more. Oh, my good child, why look like a boiled owl?
gpt
It is a disgrace, he said;
human
I've a good mind to tell Jack.
gpt
If you do, remarked Lily,
human
I shall get a divorce--that's all!
gpt
I'm not certain about the law in England, said Toby, with emphasis,
human
Certainly I should, said she.
gpt
But, seriously, Toby, you mustn't think of telling Jack. He and Kit have had a row, so I believe, and she doesn't like to ask him for money. I come next: I do really, because you haven't got any. Besides, you said it was rather a compliment being asked; I agree with you. But to tell Jack--preposterous!
human
Preposterous!
gpt
I love and honour you,
human
Thank you, Toby. And how dear it is to me to hear you say that, you know. So you'll be good, and let me manage my own affairs my own way?
gpt
For this time. Never again.
human
As often as I wish, dear. Oh, am I a fool? You seem to think so.
gpt
It's not that--oh, it's not that, said Toby.
human
Money--who cares? I don't care a damn--sorry--what you do with it. It doesn't interest me. But that Kit should ask you for money--oh, it beats me!
gpt
I think you are hard on her, Toby.
human
You don't understand Kit, he said.
gpt
She is as thoughtless as a child in many things--I know that--but being thoughtless is not the same as being upscrupulous. And about money she is unscrupulous. Pray God it is only---- and he paused,
human
I should advise you not,
gpt
Why? What would you do?
human
I should call you Evelyn for a month.