human
What fun I am having! said the chancellor.
gpt
My dear princess, when a man spends his life adorning a mantel-piece in the cheerful company of a clock, a bronze figure, and a pot of begonias, he really needs recreation; and at a festival like this he lays in a supply of mirth for the year.
human
Ah, happy, a thousand times happy, they whose only duty consists in adorning mantelpieces! said the lady, in melancholy tones.
gpt
It may be wearisome, but you do not at least suffer as we do,--we whose lives are a prolonged martyrdom; we, the toys of the small men. It would be impossible for me to make you understand, Prince Bismarck, what we suffer when one pulls our right arm, another our left; when this one cracks our head, that one quarters us or leaves us in the water to soak, or rips us open to find out what is inside of us!
human
I can imagine it,
gpt
How unfortunate!
human
I was the least unfortunate of all, said the lady,
gpt
Valorous and faithful!
human
And therefore to-night, when our Genius Creator permits us to come together for this great celebration, I chose to honor him by bringing him with me and offering him my hand as a sign of alliance and reconciliation between the lineage of dolls and that of well-bred, compassionate children.