human
I can remember occasions when it seemed to please you to fly in the face of them, but your thoroughness isn't altogether above suspicion now and then. One has to be one thing or the other.
gpt
You know my opinions.
human
Oh, yes, said Leger smiling.
gpt
Most of your acquaintances do. It would be a little astonishing if they didn't. Still, you have a few effete aristocratic notions clinging about you. Why shouldn't we drive out on Sunday, with the traditional crimson neckties and clay pipes if it pleases us, even if our presence is no great improvement to the scenery, when it ought to be clear that we can't go any other day? Besides, what is a man of your opinions doing with those luxuries yonder?
human
Are cleanliness and decency quite out of keeping with democratic views? I'm fond of swimming, and the only place where I can get into the river now is the big pool beside the Thorndale road. It's a trifle public even at seven A.瓱., but my landlady objects to my bathing here, and since I can't afford the necessary apparatus I don't blame her. She says it brings the plaster off the lower ceilings, and I really think it does.
gpt
There is the establishment provided by a beneficent municipality.
human
Where they charge you sixpence.
gpt
Sixpence, he said,
human
It is the quality and not the quantity to which I object.
gpt
I'm afraid those effete prejudices are still very strong in you. You play tennis, too. How much does that cost you?
human
It's a question I'm not going to answer, and Ingleby flushed hotly.
gpt
Anyway, I've had full value for the money.
human
What do you think of the new apostle's speeches?
gpt
They are, he said slowly,
human
It is not quite out of the question. It was an Oregon paper that first printed what he had to say, and I believe that State is on the Pacific slope where you are going. You evidently still mean to go?
gpt
Yes, said Ingleby shortly.
human
What chance is there for me--or any of us--here?