human
H'm! h'm! what were you all laughing at when I came in?
gpt
At my disaster, of course. Yes, yes, I know, Clara, --this to the maid of honour,--
human
--this with a polite grin to Erika, who offered her a cup of tea.
gpt
That frightful actor! she wailed, raising her black-gloved hands, palms outward,--a gesture peculiarly her own and used to express the climax of despair.
human
I have already denounced him to our principal managers: he never will get any position in a Berlin theatre. Think of his insolence in reading my guests out of my drawing-room and showing me up as a lover of questionable literature.
gpt
Was the drama one of his selection?
human
No; I chose it myself. But, good heavens! the piece was of no importance. The mode of delivery was everything. All he had to do was to skip lightly over the questionable parts; instead of which he fairly roared them in the faces of my guests.
gpt
Evidently he liked them best,
human
Of course, the 'wicked fairy' went on, indignantly;
gpt
Like Mr. Van Tromp,
human
Oh, I am too easily imposed upon, Countess Brock sighed.
gpt
The worst of it is that I have nothing now in prospect for my Thursdays.
human
I saw in the newspaper that a couple of almehs on their way from Paris to Petersburg are to appear at Kroll's, Countess Lenzdorff observed, maliciously:
gpt
That would be against the law,