human
At school I had too many chums, and here I haven't any, she complained.
gpt
I really don't know why!
human
Maybe they're sort of jealous,
gpt
Why, Archie! You're getting positively subtle with your compliments, she laughed.
human
No, it can't be that. I'm no 'man's woman!'--I'm done with that forever! They're welcome to every beau in town for all of me, and I _never_ flirt with other people's property. I'm really the ideal companion nowadays--no family complete without me.... Of course I see a lot of girls around at parties, and they're friendly enough, even make rather a fuss over me. But--that's all! Somehow we don't seem to be playing the same game.
gpt
Ish ga bibble, murmured Archie, consolingly if cryptically.
human
What do _you_ care, when you've got 'em all nailed to the mast? But I know just what you mean, Miss Darcy. Used to feel sort of that way myself when I went with Miss Gracie or Miss Ella, or any of them from the office. Before I knew your sort.
gpt
So you think, said Joan, amused,
human
Nothing wrong with _you_!