human
I expect, Mr. Buckingham, you feel as important as one of Barnum's show-men in your role, for you are aware you and Mrs. Gower must trot us round to see the lions.
gpt
Any man, Mrs. Dale, would feel important as your cicerone, and in company with Mrs. Gower.
human
How polite you are. Oh, Henry, I see by the _News_, Fantasma
gpt
Nonsense, dear, we have seen it often enough.
human
If you are tired, very well; but I wanted to make a spectacle of myself this time, and the ladies green with envy over my new heliotrope satin.
gpt
Well, if that isn't self-abnegation,
human
Oh, you needn't sympathize, I only feel as the peacock when he spreads his tail.
gpt
How many churches did Mrs. Gower say there are here?
human
One hundred and twenty; so you will have a choice of roads heavenward, Miss Crew,
gpt
Yes, there are a number of roads, and only one guide-book,
human
Mrs. Gower will put you on the right track,
gpt
Well, Ella, I have telephoned Mrs. Gower of our arrival, and she says she will call at 11 a.m., then do the Exhibition, where we are to remain until we see Pekin bombarded.
human
That is in the evening, and the best part of it this perfect weather; may I come?
gpt
Assuredly.
human
Thanks, and au revoir.
gpt
Good night.
human
Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed and the insane levity of choosing our associates by other's eyes,
gpt
Yes, nothing is more deeply punished, she half chanted in a musical voice, while a grave, troubled look came to the dark eyes, and a quiver of pain to the sensitive lips.
human
And well do you and I know it, Tyr, though you are only a dog, she continued, as she patted a brown retriever beside her.
gpt
Yes, you and I, Tyr, like only affinities; the others seem to us mongrels, and to us don't seem good. I wonder if they were so pronounced in the first week when the world was young; but fancy is travelling without reason; they were all thorough-breds in the good old days, and one does not read of anything like Emerson's words on affinities, or a case similar to my own; but I am half asleep, Tyr; watch by me, good old dog.