human
Yes, I don't like translations at all. Ever since I saw that Byron had translated Catullus' Ode to Juventus as an Ode to 'Eleanor' I have fled from all of them.
gpt
You seem to be tremendously clever!
human
Am I? she asked, smiling up at him.
gpt
I am so glad you think so. I am very fond of learning and all the arts. Are you? Painting, music, poetry, sculpture. They are the soul of life, I think. What should we do without them? Think if we had only in life the Church, dusters and the poor!
human
It does sound an awful combination! Yes, I think with you art is the one thing that brings a little heaven on earth. It is the only true religion, the only true elevator of that poor wretch--man. I am never so happy, and I never feel so good and so charitable, as when I am painting.
gpt
Do you paint? asked Regina, with a fiery interest in her glowing eyes.
human
So do I. What are your subjects, and what do you paint in?--water colours or oil?
gpt
Oils. I do anything that catches my fancy--a head, a figure, a landscape, anything that is a little unusual. I hate the commonplace.
human
In Africa I suppose you found so many subjects that were unusual: tropical trees and wonderful plants and beautiful black women.
gpt
You have great intuition to feel that the women are beautiful, he answered;
human
Good-night.