human
If you ask my candid opinion, I _don't_ think it likely,
gpt
Of course not! exclaimed the boy.
human
It's only Theodore's bounce; I told mother so.
gpt
Why, you don't mean that Bransby has the confounded impudence to say----
human
No, no, interposed Mrs. Bransby.
gpt
Don't let us exaggerate. Theodore has never made any explicit statement on the subject. But he meets May very frequently in society. He is constantly invited by Mrs. Dormer-Smith. They are thrown a great deal together. May has evidently become much more kind and gracious to him of late--for I remember when she used positively to run away from him!--and as for him, he is as much attached to her as he can be to any human being. I do believe that.
human
Attached your granny! cried Martin, apparently unable to find a polite phrase strong enough to convey his deep disdain.
gpt
Theodore is much attached to number one, and that's about the beginning and the end of _his_ attachments!
human
Hush, Martin, said his mother severely.
gpt
You are talking of what you don't understand. And you know how much I dislike to hear you use that tone about--your brother.