human
I really think it's awful fun, said Mrs. Penworthy to her court--
gpt
And mistletoe,
human
Now if you talk like that, Algy, you shan't be spoken to for a week.
gpt
A look is enough for me,
human
Naughty! What would Freddy say?
gpt
Were I Freddy I know what I'd say, she murmured grimly; then aloud, to spoil sport,
human
Is your husband here, Mrs. Penworthy?
gpt
Freddy? Oh, dear me, no. He's gone to Paris, or Peru, or--I forget exactly where--but it's something beginning with a 'P.' Dear Freddy, she laid an entirely useless fan on her lips, pensively,
human
And quite right too, said Lady Canvey, bluntly,
gpt
Ah, you don't know how Freddy tries me, dear Lady Canvey. I _am_ devoted--that I am. But, you see, I took Freddy for better or worse.
human
Oh no, corrected the old woman, tartly;
gpt
and moved away with her court to where Lord Sargon was holding forth on his pet craze.
human
If only our ancient kings were back, he said, but not too loud, as the Duke might have disapproved of the disloyalty,
gpt
Christmas would be Christmas. In the good old times of the blessed martyr Charles----
human
The bad old times, contradicted Mr. Graham;
gpt
And the parish pump will pour forth beer,
human
Ah, the conduits ran wine in those sweet old days,
gpt
And people never washed, said a truculent old gentleman given to sanitation.
human
What I say is, let every house have a bath-room.
gpt
I say, Jim, is this going to last for ever?
human
A week, anyhow, replied Jim, who was feeling happy after a large dinner;
gpt
They are scarcely so interesting.
human
Oh! Animals don't talk, I 'spose you mean.
gpt
You do, retorted Lady Jim, calmly.
human
There's Demetrius! and she left her husband in the clutches of Mrs. Penworthy, with a whispered caution.
gpt
Don't let her go too far, Jim. This week we're the respectable middle-class pair, who live in slate-roofed houses.