human
What time about? he said.
gpt
Before lunch?
human
Why, Hugh, she laughed.
gpt
You must have heard! It sounded like a motor having its teeth drilled.
human
No, he said.
gpt
I shouldn't have missed that. It is a sound I've never struck!
human
Why, I know, she said.
gpt
You wouldn't have heard. Of course it was just after two and you were still keeping in touch with the movements.
human
My dear girl, he said pompously.
gpt
I enjoy your humourous way of looking at life, but it's a quite impossible position if a wife's going to be funny at the expense of her husband's ideals.