human
Is she an outrageous flirt? thought Jack,
gpt
I don't care which it is, he concluded,
human
I must see her again. Ladds, old man, I believe I could fall in love with that girl. 'Ask me no more, for at a touch I yield.' Did you notice her, Tommy? Did you see her sweet eyes--I must say she has the sweetest eyes in all the world--looking with a pretty wonder at our quaint Yankee friend? Did you see her trying to take an interest in the twaddle of old Cassilis? Did you----
gpt
Have we eyes? Ladds growled.
human
Is the heart at five and thirty a log?
gpt
And her figure, tall and slender, lissom and _gracieuse_. And her face, 'the silent war of lilies and of roses.' How I love the brunette faces! They are never insipid.
human
Do you remember the half-caste Spanish girl in Manilla?
gpt
Ladds, don't dare to mention that girl beside this adorable angel of purity. I have found out her Christian name--it is Phillis--rhymes to lilies; and am going to call at her house to-morrow--Carnarvon Square.
human
And I am going to have half an hour in the smoking-room,
gpt
I mean Phillis Fleming, of course, not your confounded tobacco.
human
They say if money goes before, all ways do lie open.
gpt
I call this kind, boys, said Mr. Gilead P. Beck, welcoming his visitors, Captain Ladds and Jack Dunquerque;
human
I call this friendly. I asked myself last night, 'Will those boys come to see me, or will they let the ragged Yankee slide?' And here you are.
gpt
Change, said Ladds the monosyllabic, looking round.
human
Gold looking up?