human
Really, she said, with just a suspicion of reproach in her tone.
gpt
Really, you must be serious, Mr. Fenton.
human
I was never more serious in my life. We’re both engaged, and we’ve got three hundred and ninety pounds a year between us; that’s why we’ve come to you. You can tell us what we ought to do about it.
gpt
Then you regard it altogether as a matter of money?
human
We don’t, but Mrs. Rider will. These old girls are regular nuts on the cash; she’s sure to want to know what we’ve got.
gpt
Then, of course, you will tell her everything?
human
If we do, the engagements will be off. We shall have to cut the girls to-morrow, and it would make it awkward for them. Don’t you think we could have a truce or something—lie low until the night before we go? Don’t you think that, Mrs. Kennaird?
gpt
I think you are a pair of babies, she said emphatically.
human
You don’t seem to know whether you wish to marry or not. That enters into the question, I think; you certainly ought to make up your minds.