human
It's a gratification to see you following in your father's steps at last, though I must say that for a long time we doubted your ever doing so. One recognized that you were influenced by a very proper sense of your responsibility yesterday, and though I thought you were, perhaps, somewhat rash, Robert assures me that you showed signs of business acumen.
gpt
The trouble is that I may not be able to keep on doing so. If Robert's capable of judging on such a matter, I'm afraid you'll have to be patient with me and make allowance for my wasted years.
human
Don't be flippant. It isn't becoming, Mrs. Fenwood rebuked him.
gpt
You have begun well, and it would be a grief to all of us if you relapsed again.