human
It was a new experience, she said, with an effort to speak lightly.
gpt
I thought I had learned to know your voice long ago; but I have decided that I never really knew it, until to-night.
human
My voice isn't always reliable, Miss Dane. Once in a while, it seems to run away with me. To-night, it took the bits in its teeth.
gpt
I hope it won't do it too often. It is wonderful; but-- Then she pulled herself together with a little laugh.
human
It must be rather amusing to you, Mr. Thayer, to watch your effect on your audience, and to know that you can make them shiver or cry whenever you choose.
gpt
It isn't whenever I choose, he responded, with unexpected literalness.
human
Sometimes I feel as if I were the victim of a sort of possession. I believe I have a demon that inhabits my vocal cords upon occasion. If he does get hold of me, I am merely a machine in his hands. When I become my own manager again, I am never quite sure what I may have been doing.
gpt
Something very good, to-night. But where is Mr. Arlt?
human
Mrs. Lloyd Avalons neglected to invite him,
gpt
If that isn't beyond the dreams of snobbishness, Thayer! Why did you come to her old party, then?
human
Because I thought it would be too petty to stay away.
gpt
I would be petty, then. But, as far as that goes, Arlt's ancestors were gentlemen, when hers were shovelling gravel for a dollar a day. American democracy runs in strange grooves. Thayer, I am going to leave Beatrix in your care for a few minutes. I promised Ned Carpenter I would see him in the smoking-room, to make a date for his yachting cruise.