human
Is it good?
gpt
Excellent! Where have you been to-day?
human
I've seen Madre and Susan Fleet.
gpt
Miss Fleet at last.
human
Yes. It is so tiresome her moving about so much. I care for her more than for any woman in London. All this time she's been in Paris doing things for Adelaide Shiffney.
gpt
Did Madre know about to-night?
human
No.
gpt
Why didn't you tell her? Why not have asked her to come? We belong to her and she to us. It would have been natural.
human
I love Madre. But I didn't want even her to-night.
gpt
I suppose she is going to Mrs. Shiffney's to-night?
human
Yes.
gpt
Now I'll clear away.
human
I'll help you.
gpt
No, you mustn't. I want you to sit down in that cosy chair there, and light your cigar--oh, or your pipe! Yes, to-night you must smoke a pipe.
human
I haven't brought it.
gpt
Well, then, a cigar. I won't be long.