human
Thank goodness, she said, as she fluttered into a chair by his side,
gpt
You are observant, he answered drily.
human
I have just come from the Prime Minister.
gpt
Well?
human
I find that Palliser has been conducting a regular conspiracy behind my back, with reference to this wretched peerage. He has practically forged my name and has placed me in a most humiliating position. You, I suppose, were his instigator in this matter?
gpt
I suppose I was,
human
What was to be his reward--his ulterior reward, I mean?
gpt
I promised him twenty thousand pounds, she answered, with cold fury.
human
It appears that I overvalued your importance to your party. Tony apparently did the same. He thought that you had only to intimate your readiness to accept a peerage and the thing would be arranged. It seems that we were wrong.
gpt
You were doubly wrong, he replied.
human
In the first place, there were difficulties, and in the second, nothing would have induced me to accept such a humiliating offer.
gpt
How did you find this out?
human
The Prime Minister offered me the peerage less than an hour ago, he answered.
gpt
I need not say that I unhesitatingly refused it.
human
You refused it?
gpt
Of course!
human
Andrew, she said,
gpt
I am not prepared to admit that, he replied.
human
You had a very considerable social position at the time when I was in office. It was up to you to make that good.
gpt
I am tired of political society, she answered.
human
It isn't the real thing. Now you are out of Parliament, though, even that has vanished. Andrew!
gpt
Well?