human
What’s the matter with you to-night?
gpt
With me? Nothing, Walter; why?
human
You acted so cattish all the evening,
gpt
How so?
human
You know what I mean just as well as I do, he went on curtly.
gpt
You never opened your mouth the whole evening. Lottie asked me what the matter was with you----
human
Lottie! she echoed. Her husband’s anger grew.
gpt
If Lottie would talk less, continued Alice quietly,
human
You never did like anybody that liked me. So it is Lottie you’re jealous of?
gpt
No, not ’jealous of,’ only ashamed of. Even at the dinner she was scandalous, I thought.
human
You are very high and mighty to-night. I wonder, he said with a scarcely concealed sneer,
gpt
You need not look at me in that way, Walter, and you need not taunt me.
human
You have been abusing Lottie Nelson a good deal lately. I wish you would stop it.