human
Well, if Raney wants her, he knows where to find her, he ended.
gpt
I suppose you've never met this Lampwood? No more have I. He shut the book with a snap and drummed with his knuckles on the binding.
human
No wonder we couldn't find her; she's probably living in rooms near by, driving for him all day.... I'm surprised that nobody should have seen her till to-day; she's so well-known, and it's the sort of thing the picture-papers love to get hold of. He sniffed contemptuously.
gpt
Do you find people still talking about her?
human
They always have and they always will. He lay back and smoked for a few moments in a reflective silence.
gpt
Ever since she came out.... Of course, she's a really beautiful woman--always has been--and she's got a lot of glib society patter and she _can_ make herself almost irresistible to most men. As she would say herself, her technique is perfect. And, if you never waste your energy on emotions, I suppose you're left with a tremendous lot for your precious technique. She can be so charming to everyone, when she likes, that she'll make a success of anything from a sticky dinner to a charity bazaar. She was always a success, she knew it, she got temperamentally drunk on it--until I think that the only thing she cared about was being admired, wanted, loved.... And now she's driving a car for a dug-out general....
human
But what are people saying about her?
gpt
Oh, the old scandal's been toned down to almost nothing. She was being seen about with Grayle too much, and Raney put his foot down and said it was to stop. He grinned maliciously.
human
Lady Pentyre told me at lunch to-day that it was perfectly abominable the way people went about _inventing_ lies--and about a _sweet_ girl like that! It came so well from Lady Pentyre.