human
You haven't been near me all the evening,
gpt
Didn't see you arrive, worse luck. If you'd been dosed with Hivites and Jebusites and all that truck, as I've been, you'd have a headache, too.
human
It's unusual for you to have a headache.
gpt
And inevitable for me to have a heartache.
human
On account of that alphabet woman, I suppose. Why don't you feed?
gpt
No appetite. But if you'll come along to the Cecil----
human
Certainly not. We've been there much too often of late. People will talk.
gpt
Let them! What does it matter?
human
Everything matters, when people have tongues and eyes, and envious natures. Don't be silly. I promised the Duke to stop here for half an hour. And after all, it's amusing. I never knew such people existed outside _Punch_. Well--what now?
gpt
This was waiting at Curzon Street, he explained, handing it across,
human
Don't call me Leah,
gpt
What is it?--what is it?
human
My husband is--dead! She crushed the paper into a ball, rose to go, and dropped back, overwhelmingly faint.
gpt
Oh!
human
Thou shalt not be found out.