human
Miss Dalrymple is doing her best to make me vain with her praise,
gpt
I never flattered any one in my life, answered Gloria.
human
Signor Reanda is the greatest painter in Italy. Everybody says so. It would be foolish of me to even pretend that after seeing him at work I had thought of anything else. We have all said, this evening, that the frescoes were wonderful, and that no one, not even Raphael, who did the same thing, has ever had a more beautiful idea of the history of Cupid and Psyche. Why should we not tell the truth, just because he happens to be here? How illogical you are!
gpt
I believe I excepted Raphael, said Dalrymple, with his national accuracy.
human
But Signor Reanda will not quarrel with me on that account, I am sure.
gpt
But I did not except Raphael, nor any one,
human
Really, Signorina, though I am mortal and susceptible, you go a little too far. Flattery is not appreciation, you know.
gpt
It is not flattery, she answered, and the colour rose in her face.
human
I am quite in earnest. Nobody ever painted anything better than your Cupid and Psyche. Raphael's is dull and uninteresting compared with it.
gpt
I blush, but I cannot accept so much,