human
I'm d----d if I understand this, he said thoughtfully.
gpt
I never saw Courtlaw with her--never heard her speak of him. He was going to tell me something--and he shut up. I wonder what it was.
human
ALCIDE
gpt
You are late,
human
My chief, he said,
gpt
I am bored, she said abruptly.
human
This is a very foolish sort of entertainment. And, as usual, she continued, a little bitterly,
gpt
I seem to have been sent along with the dullest and least edifying of Mrs. Montressor's guests.
human
I got your note just in time, he remarked.
gpt
I knew of course that you were at the Montressor's, but I had no idea that it was a music hall party afterwards. Are you all here?
human
Five boxes full, she answered.
gpt
Some of them seem to be having an awfully good time too. Did you see Lord Delafield and Miss Anderson? They packed me in with Colonel Anson and Mrs. Hitchings, who seem to be absolutely engrossed in one another, and a boy of about seventeen, who no sooner got here than he discovered that he wanted to see a man in the promenade and disappeared.
human
I feel justified then, he said,
gpt
Well, he was presumptuous, Annabel remarked,
human
she added,
gpt
I wonder, he said,
human
Are you master of all three methods?
gpt
Indeed, no, he answered.
human
Mine is a primitive and unstudied manner. It needs cultivating, I think.
gpt
That sounds so uncouth, she murmured.
human
I detest amateurs.
gpt
I will buy books and a lay figure, he declared,
human
For Heaven's sake no, she declared.
gpt
I would rather put up with your own efforts, however clumsy. Love-making at first hand is dull enough. At second hand it would be unendurable.
human
Is that a challenge?
gpt
Why not? It might amuse me.
human
Is your husband here to-night?
gpt
My husband! she laughed a little derisively.
human
No, he wouldn't come here of all places--just now. He dined, and then pleaded a political engagement. I was supposed to do the same, but I didn't.
gpt
You know, he said with some hesitation,
human
Of course. I want to hear how she does it.
gpt
She does it magnificently, he declared.
human
I think--we all think that she is wonderful.
gpt
I remember, she said,
human
Nothing at all,
gpt
Do you know, she said,
human
Toothache,
gpt
You might at least, she murmured,
human
Oh, I might, he answered,
gpt
Has my sister been unkind to you?
human
The family, he declared,
gpt
You promised faithfully to be there, he said slowly.
human
I loathe afternoon concerts, and----
gpt
You were really at Moulton House, she exclaimed penitently.
human
I am so sorry. I had a perfect shoal of callers. People who would not go. I only arrived when everybody was coming away.
gpt
Alcide.