human
Who _is_ Mr. Jerry Paxton?
gpt
Don't you know him? Why, he's a genius! He's a portrait painter, one of the coming ones. I have commissioned him to paint me, in this costume he designed for me,
human
Why, Mr. Christiansen, what are you doing here?
gpt
I came to see what you vandals would do to the prophets,
human
We've done very well by them, don't you think?
gpt
Some of them seemed to me a trifle decadent, I confess.
human
The Old Testament is decadent, if you come to that.
gpt
So? Elemental, I should say, rather than decadent.
human
What's the difference? They're both naughty.
gpt
May I be presented to Salome?
human
Miss Judd, this is Mr. Martin Christiansen,
gpt
You know your Oscar Wilde, Miss Judd,
human
Miss Judd substituted at the last moment, Mrs. Brendon said.
gpt
Wasn't it wonderful of her?
human
It was because I knew the Wilde Salome that I was able to do it at all.
gpt
You are an actress?
human
Oh, no. I'm--I'm not anything.
gpt
Excuse me; yours was the only distinguished impersonation to-night. You made these beautiful dolls worth enduring,
human
Oh!