human
And we'll all sit and jaw till the curtain falls!
gpt
Ye're good friends here, for all your nonsense, said Dennehy.
human
I'd ask no better.
gpt
Moreover, Dick, you can marry. You can tie yourself up, as Tora puts it, just as tightly as you like. Choose a woman, if possible, with some breadth of view. I want you to have your chance.
human
Oh, I'm not likely to be marrying. A cloud seemed to pass over his cheery face. But it was gone in a moment.
gpt
Well, who'd look at me, anyhow?
human
I think you'd make an excellent husband, Dick, said Winnie.
gpt
I should marry you--yes, even tie you up--with the utmost confidence.
human
Don't be saying such things, Winnie, or ye'll turn my head and destroy my peace of mind.
gpt
Oh, last time I flirted with you, you said you liked it!
human
I'm so glad--so glad--of the new prospects, Dick. I believe in you, you know, though we do differ so much.
gpt
And what prospects have you?
human
Oh, I suppose I'm rather like the politician who had his future behind him. But I haven't made up my mind what to do. I'm living rather from hand to mouth just now, and taking a holiday from thinking.
gpt
Oh, I'll mind my own business, if that's what you mean.
human
Dick, how can you? Of course it wasn't. Please don't be huffy about nothing.
gpt
I'm worried about you. Don't let those people up at the Patch get at you again, Winnie--for pity's sake, don't! Take care of yourself, my dear. My heart bleeds to see you where you stand to-day, and if you got into any other trouble--you don't understand that you're a woman a man might do bad as well as good things for.
human
Don't fret about me. I've got to pay for my blunders, and, if I've any sense at all, I shall be wiser in future.
gpt
If ye're ever inclined to another man, for God's sake try him, test him, prove him. Ye can't afford another mistake, Winnie. It'd kill you, wouldn't it?
human
I shouldn't--like it, she answered slowly.
gpt
Yes, I shall be cautious, Dick. And it would take a good deal to make me what you call 'inclined to' any man just yet. She broke into a laugh.
human
But it's your domestic prospects that we were discussing this afternoon!
gpt
I have none,
human
Oh, you've only just begun to think of it, she laughed.
gpt
Don't despair of finding somebody worthy some day!