human
Virginia, does that young man love you?
gpt
Which one?
human
The one in spectacles.
gpt
I don't think so.
human
Are you sure?
gpt
One can never be sure.
human
Of course if he doesn't, it proves that I am right in saying that spectacles are fatal. They prevent people from using either their eyes or their imagination. Shall I go up to him and ask him?
gpt
He would answer: 'I don't understand.'
human
And I would explain: 'Virginia is the only lady in orange,' and he would look at you for a moment or two and, holding out his hand in an ecstasy of gratitude, he would say: 'Thank you. Yes, I love her.'
gpt
Matthew, she murmured,
human
Matthew, she said,
gpt
The blond beast?
human
With a very tall woman.
gpt
With gold hair and eyes like cows in pictures of Christ in a manger?
human
Yes. He loves her.
gpt
How suitable.
human
But it isn't. He has a red-haired wife.
gpt
How unsuitable.
human
Matthew, do be serious. I like him.
gpt
How complicated.
human
I told him I hated his air of perfunctory but restrained passion, and he laughed.
gpt
Any one would have.
human
And we made friends.
gpt
You always make friends with everybody.
human
You are unsympathetic.
gpt
I am, I confess, a little bewildered by the situation. Do I understand that you are suffering from an unrequited passion for a man who is illegitimately attached to a magnificent cow and legitimately bound to a bewitching squirrel?
human
Matthew, you really are provoking. What I mean is that he is making a fool of himself.
gpt
Why not?
human
Because he might do something irrevocable.
gpt
Lucky man.