human
I have heard you preach, went on this weathercock,
gpt
--she whiffed these away.
human
Pouf! Let us talk of real things ; and a toss of her head dismissed the spiritual for the purely temporal.
gpt
I had such a ripping time this season,
human
Leah, Leah! How can you?
gpt
Change so rapidly? Oh, my good man, I am a twirl-ma-gee woman, ever seeking variety. Religious conversation is neither amusing nor convincing. It's much more fun to talk of one's friends and abuse their failings.
human
I decline to join in,
gpt
Because you have no sense of humour. What a dull time of it Joan must have, poor child!
human
She does not complain,
gpt
Oh, Lord, what is the use of complaining! I never whimper about Jim, though his goodness is even duller than his badness. 'I have tried George drunk, I have tried George sober' --she was quoting an epigram of Charles II.--
human
You are unnecessarily personal,
gpt
That's right. Tramp on your little corns and you howl.
human
My time is valuable.
gpt
Oh, I know yon are a millionaire of seconds and hours. How disagreeable you are, when I want to be amused!
human
You have just informed me that I am dull,
gpt
So you are; all honest men are dull. Why, I don't know, unless it is that honesty and wit match as ill as beauty and brains. Now don't look at your watch again. I have something to tell you that will make your clerical hair stand on end.