human
Are you going out, mother? asked Regina,
gpt
No; I have no engagements this afternoon. Come in, and we'll have tea here. It will be late before the others get back.
human
I am very sorry Mr. Lanark did not take a fancy to either of the girls, she remarked;
gpt
Perhaps he would if they had been more clever,
human
Beauty is always supposed to be the great thing in a woman.
gpt
Yes, the beauty attracts, but it does not rivet the chain it throws round the beholder. It is something else, mind or talent, that does that. In all the histories of the _grandes passions_ of the world the woman has had a certain amount of beauty, of course, but she has _always_ been clever too.
human
Well, he ought to have proposed to marry you, then, Mrs. Marlow said smilingly, without for an instant dreaming that was just what Everest had done.
gpt
You are clever enough and very pretty too.