human
We were just talking, said she, with the air of reminding him of a topic from which he had wandered,
gpt
The appointed date, said he,
human
I should think, remarked Madame le Claire,
gpt
From a woman's standpoint, said Mr. Brassfield,
human
Perhaps, said the girl,
gpt
Well, for one thing, said he,
human
I have just found out what makes your eyes so beautiful.
gpt
Wouldn't it be just as well to cease discovering things of that kind? It's so short a time to the fifth of April, you know.
human
I've made all my money, said Brassfield,
gpt
I think there are other lines of investigation, said she,
human
Oh, pshaw! said he.
gpt
Don't be so prudish. You know that your eyes are beautiful, and you are not really offended when I tell you so. Such eyes are the books in which I like to read--I can understand them better than Browning, or the old Persian soak. It's not unpleasant to get a volume you understand--at times.
human
Why, Mr. Amidon--Brassfield, I mean--aren't you ashamed of yourself!
gpt
A little, said he;
human
A dear friend of mine!
gpt
Well, now, if you should happen to see something agreeable in me, and should let me know about it, I shouldn't throw your Mr. Amden, or Amidon, at your head. Why not forget about the rest of the world for a while? We can be in only one place at a time, and so, really, our whole world just now has only us two. You oughtn't to repel the only person in the wide, wide world; you won't, will you?
human
Don't be foolish!
gpt
Don't be wasteful! This may be the only world of this kind we shall be allowed to have. Come over and sit by me and be nice to me, won't you?
human
I certainly shall do nothing of the kind!
gpt
No? Ah, how wasteful of opportunity! Well, then, I shall have to come to you!