human
Then it is your last chance, exclaimed Alice.
gpt
Now watch: you begin so: one--a long one, remember--then two, three--little quick ones. Now try. No, you needn't lift your feet; you are not stamping for an encore, Mr. Miles. It is all done by sliding, like this. Now, try again.
human
Why, you are bent double, cried Miss Bristo, sharply;
gpt
Then how am I to learn?
human
You had better lock yourself in your room and practise hard until evening. The ten minutes are up; but you have exactly six hours and twenty-nine minutes before you, if you make haste.
gpt
Well, you shall suffer if I cut a poor figure to-night, Miss Bristo, and it will serve you right, for I intend to have my share of your dances.
human
That remains to be seen,
gpt
Stay, though, said Miles, drawing himself up to the last of his seventy-five inches, and speaking in that smooth, matter-of-fact tone that ushered in his most astounding audacities,
human
Mr. Miles!
gpt
Miss Bristo, I am sure I should get on a thousand times better. Is it so very much to ask?