human
Never knew him to be chippy in his life, growled one man, who admired Leah as much as he hated Jim for possessing her.
gpt
What's his game this time, I wonder?
human
Perhaps he wants to get away from his wife, hinted a pigeon of Jim's plucking.
gpt
Bit of a tongue, hasn't she?
human
Tongue be hanged! She has both wit and beauty.
gpt
Oh, Kaimes appreciates those qualities--in another man's wife.
human
Scandal! Scandal! murmured a meek member, blessed with a spouse whose looks prevented temptation.
gpt
Kaimes has dined with us many times, but I never saw----
human
No; _you_ wouldn't, struck in a sporting baronet, whom Leah snubbed on every possible occasion.
gpt
Jim likes red-haired women.
human
Then why doesn't he stick to the one he's legally entitled to?
gpt
Because she sticks to him. If she'd only syndicate her admirers in the D. C., Jim 'ud be after her like an Indian mosquito in search of a new arrival. I'll bet there's some petticoat in this Jamaica business
human
Wrong! All wrong, he purred, like the tame cat he had been for half a century.
gpt
Kaimes is really consumptive. I remember his grandmother dying of tuberculosis. It's in the family, along with gout and water on the brain.
human
Oh, bosh! If Jim was sick, he'd sin more judiciously.
gpt
I never knew that damnation depended upon health, was the retort.
human
Take a case in point. During the Great Exhibition----
gpt
She'll make a lovely widow.
human
I don't believe in second-hand brides myself, said the horsey man, venturing an epigram.
gpt
Wit! wit! explained the admirer, who misread French memoirs.
human
She is Madame de Rambouillet--without a history.
gpt
Hum! She hasn't published one yet, but I dare say----
human
Tut! tut! interrupted the ancient.
gpt
Madame de Rambouillet was, and Lady James is, entirely respectable.
human
And the horse is the noblest of all animals,
gpt
Maybe, though the beast doesn't improve your morals,
human
Wonder if Kaimes will die,
gpt
Lay you ten to five he won't.
human
You will lose; you will most assuredly lose, said the octogenarian.
gpt
Very consumptive family, the Kaimes. And our friend is just the sort of healthy man to depart suddenly.
human
Where to?
gpt
Hu-s-s-sh! droned the meek member;
human
To Jim! finished the racing man, smartly;
gpt
Oh! He isn't in your debt, then?
human
Catch me trusting him--not much. But what's the use of talking obituary notices? Let's bridge.
gpt
If your play is as bad as your grammar, I prefer to stand out,