human
Of course he's a little monkey, she concluded, evidently alluding to some artist.
gpt
But _what_ a little monkey! I was in the front row, and he called my attention to everything he was going to do, sometimes in Russian, sometimes in dreadful French, or in English that was really a criminal offense, and very often with his right elbow. He has a way of nudging the air in one's direction so that one feels it in one's side. Animal magnetism, I suppose. And he begs for sympathy as if it were a biscuit. Do you know him, Mr. Heath?
human
No, not at all. I know very few big artists.
gpt
But all the young coming ones, I suppose? Did you study abroad?
human
I went to the Royal College at Kensington Gore.
gpt
You haven't studied in France or Germany?
human
No,
gpt
I think the training a student gets at the Royal College is splendid.
human
Of course it is,
gpt
I'm sure it's quite perfect, she said, in her rather deep voice, gazing at the young composer with eyes in which a light satire twinkled.
human
Don't think I'm criticizing it. Only I'm so dreadfully un-English, and I think English musicians get rather into a groove. The Hallelujah bow-wow, you know!
gpt
Mr. Heath, she said, slightly protruding her chin,
human
--Mrs. Shiffney's lips tightened ever so little--
gpt
I want you to be very nice to me.
human
Please tell me,