human
You see, darling, Caroline was saying,
gpt
And what about you, Cara? You shirked most of your London gaieties last year. Are you going to cut yourself off from them altogether?
human
Fancy wanting London gaieties when you can have this! she said.
gpt
I sang for joy this morning when I woke up and found myself here instead of in London.
human
Yes, that's all very well, he said.
gpt
I feel like that myself, though I suppose that at my age no satisfaction is quite as hilarious as it is at yours. But it isn't only the gaieties that you miss by cutting yourself off from London. It's being in the swim. When you've been in the swim as long as I have, you know how much of it is necessary to you and how much isn't. And you don't lose all that you've gained for yourself when you begin to sit lightly to it all. But you have to gain it first.
human
I'm not sure that I want to gain more than I have, she said.
gpt
I have heaps of friends, and we see a good many of them down here. I like seeing those who really do count in that way; you get to know them better. It's the background of life that I love so in the country. You belong to yourself more. Things come to you and you don't have to go out to find them. I believe you feel that too, Daddy.
human
Yes, I do, he said,
gpt
Don't you feel that it's nice to have me here to welcome you when you come home?
human
Oh, my darling, he said,