human
Don't you wish you had come on the yacht? Don't you wish you had seen the island?
gpt
I don't want to wish that, I don't mean to wish it.
human
Do you really think we can control our desires?
gpt
I suppose so. Why not?
human
Oh! she said petulantly.
gpt
You remind me of Oliver Cromwell--somebody of that kind--you ought to have lived in Puritan days. It's England--England--England in you shrivelling you up. I'm sure in all Algiers there isn't one person (not English) who thinks as you do. But if you were to travel, if you were to give yourself a chance, how different you'd be!
human
Charmian, you impertinent child!
gpt
It's the Channel! It's the Channel! I'm not myself to-night!