human
Well--she's another man's wife, you see. So Willy's infatuation is bound to burn itself out as soon as he fully recognizes that important fact. Besides, she cut him dead in the Champs Élysées--and her husband and Willy had a row next day at the hotel, and cuffed and kicked each other--that's rather a bar to any future intimacy, I think.
gpt
Oh, Mr. Wynne! my son cuffing and kicking a man whose wife he's in love with! Good heavens!
human
Oh, it was all right--the man had grossly insulted him--and Willy behaved like a brick, and got the best of it in the end, and nothing came of it. I saw it all.
gpt
Oh yes, I interfered--everybody interfered. It was all right, I assure you. No bones were broken on either side, and there was no nonsense about calling out, or swords or pistols, and all that.
human
I SUPPOSE YOU DO ALL THIS KIND OF THING FOR MERE AMUSEMENT, MR. WYNNE?
gpt
Thank Heaven!