human
Why didn't Mr. Elliot invite us to dinner to-night, do you think?
gpt
Why should he have invited us?
human
Well, perhaps it wasn't necessary. But surely it would have been quite natural.
gpt
Probably he wanted to prepare the new note for you.
human
Why should I require preparation?
gpt
The new note!
human
Why should the new note require preparation against me?
gpt
I said for you. Possibly we may find out this evening. Besides Delia is in a rest cure as usual. So there is no hostess.
human
Marella, and enjoying injections of salt water. She was also being massaged perpetually by a stout young woman from Sweden, and was deprived of her letters.
gpt
No letters!
human
Oh, the peace of it!
gpt
There very seldom is a hostess. Poor Max Elliot!
human
He's accustomed to it. And Delia must be doing something. This time she may be cured. Life originally issued from the sea, they say.
gpt
Near Margate, I suppose. What a mystery existence is!
human
Are you going to be tiresome to-night?
gpt
No, I won't, I won't. But if he plays his Te Deum I know I shall sleep like a tired child.
human
I don't suppose he will.
gpt
I feel he's going to.
human
Then why were you so anxious to go?
gpt
I don't like to be left out of things. No one does.
human
Except the elect. How thoughtful of you to dress in black!
gpt
Well, dearest, you are always in white. And I love to throw up my beautiful mother.
human
You could make any mother be a sister to you.