human
I suppose you don't deal much in emotions,
gpt
Jane Judd, conversationally, you are about as satisfactory as 'a bloomin' idol made of mud.'
human
You do not engage me to talk, she answered, in a low rather dull voice.
gpt
You engage me to work.
human
So I do, but some day I am going to pay you double rates for your thoughts. A silent woman is a menace. I'm afraid of you.
gpt
Come in,
human
At home, Jerry? What's the celebration?
gpt
I've got a job, Bobsie, a big, cash-in-hand kind of a job, and I'm trying to raise a spark of human response in the frozen buzzum of Jane Judd.
human
Oh, is this your Jane day? Hello, Jane, she added, seating herself comfortably.
gpt
Go ahead, Jerry, let's hear.
human
But look here, Jerrymander, how about the big mural designs? How about my portrait? This pageant won't get you anywhere.
gpt
Won't it? You should have heard me tell the Abercrombie Brendon that I would try my best to put off my portrait sitters. You, my dear Bobs, are my portrait sitters.
human
It will ruin your winter's work. They'll pick your brains, that crowd, and take your time, and you can whistle for your money.
gpt
I wasn't in kindergarten yesterday, Bobs. I know a thing or two about the dear rich. They will pay-as-we-go, one good big deposit down in advance.
human
Get you all out of the work spirit--make you yearn for the flesh pots.
gpt
Well, Bobs, I never did choose a diet of figs and thistles.
human
That's just the trouble with you. It's nip and tuck all the time between the artist and the senses, Jerry. That uptown crowd can ruin you for good.
gpt
Dear old Bobs! If they ruin me, I'll come to you for a scourge. Let's go to Buffanti's for a celebration. We'll get Chat and Jinny for a foursome, what? Are the Chatfields at home to-day, Jane?
human
Yes; I was there this morning,
gpt
Come on, old wailing banshee!
human
All right; but I don't like it, just the same. This very night may mark the grave of Jerome Paxton, painter.
gpt
Well, think up some jolly epitaph and we'll sing it in our cups. Don't dree, Bobs; you're as bad as Jane.
human
Time to close up, Miss Judd; we're off to dinner,