human
What do you think, George, Wilding asked him next day,
gpt
I don't know, said Vendale,
human
He is well informed and clever,
gpt
Certainly clever.
human
A good musician.
gpt
Unquestionably a good musician.
human
And talks well.
gpt
Yes, said George Vendale, ruminating,
human
How do you mean? He is not obtrusively talkative.
gpt
No, and I don't mean that. But when he is silent, you can hardly help vaguely, though perhaps most unjustly, mistrusting him. Take people whom you know and like. Take any one you know and like.
human
Soon done, my good fellow, said Wilding.
gpt
I take you.
human
I didn't bargain for that, or foresee it, returned Vendale, laughing.
gpt
However, take me. Reflect for a moment. Is your approving knowledge of my interesting face mainly founded (however various the momentary expressions it may include) on my face when I am silent?
human
I think it is,
gpt
I think so too. Now, you see, when Obenreizer speaks--in other words, when he is allowed to explain himself away--he comes out right enough; but when he has not the opportunity of explaining himself away, he comes out rather wrong. Therefore it is, that I say he does not keep silence well. And passing hastily in review such faces as I know, and don't trust, I am inclined to think, now I give my mind to it, that none of them keep silence well.