human
How afraid you are!
gpt
Yes, you are, went on the other, a trifle roused;
human
Later on, perhaps--who knows? repeated the Duchess, using the girl's own words; then continued soothingly,
gpt
No; I shall not call the servants and make a scandal, since your father is my friend.
human
Your accomplice, Lady James.
gpt
What an unpleasant word, and how very unsuitable!
human
For what you did in Paris.
gpt
I did nothing in Paris to deserve such a word. Perhaps you mean something else. You foreigners know the grammar of English, but rarely the meaning of words. I remarked the same defect in your father.
human
I have no father.
gpt
Indeed, I have not yet heard of his death.
human
Your misunderstanding of my meaning is pretence.
gpt
Ignorance, I assure you. And as it grows late and I am tired, may I ask you to explain your business?
human
I can do so in one word--Demetrius.
gpt
Demetrius? Oh yes, that horrid little man with the waxed moustache: a doctor or a chemist, wasn't he?
human
Your lover!
gpt
Oh no. I have no use for that sort of person; if I had I should certainly not pick one out of the gutter. Demetrius? Yes, she went on musingly, but watchful of her enemy,
human
I had almost forgotten him. He went to St. Petersburg, didn't he? And you loved him, I remember. A queer choice I thought at the time. Well, have you married him?
gpt
It grows late and you are tired, mocked Katinka, successfully keeping her temper, and thereby disappointing the Duchess;
human
It seems to me that we have been doing nothing else since you came in.
gpt
Demetrius is in England.
human
Really! How very interesting! As doctor or Prince?
gpt
As an escaped Siberian felon.
human
No! Leah's face assumed a skilful expression of mingled pity and horror.
gpt
Poor little man! He was mad to go to Russia. I thought so when I read his letter, which I sent you.
human
The forged letter.
gpt
Don't be silly; one would think you were on the stage.