human
Life seems to interest you, Mrs. Delancy.
gpt
Yes, indeed, said Edith, looking up brightly;
human
Why, yes; not life exactly, but things, doing things--conflict.
gpt
Yes, I can understand that. There is so much to be done for everybody.
human
You know in the city the gospel is that everybody is to be done.
gpt
Well, said Edith, not to be diverted,
human
Yes, that's it; the devil is usually the other fellow. But, Mrs. Delancy, added Henderson, with an accent of seriousness,
gpt
I don't know what it's all for. I doubt if there is much in it.
human
And yet the world credits you with finding a great deal in it.
gpt
The world is generally wrong. Do you understand poker, Mrs. Delancy? No! Of course you do not. But the interest of the game isn't so much in the cards as in the men.
human
I thought it was the stakes.
gpt
Perhaps so. But you want to win for the sake of winning. If I gambled it would be a question of nerve. I suppose that which we all enjoy is the exercise of skill in winning.
human
And not for the sake of doing anything--just winning? Don't you get tired of that?