human
You must have seen it in Vienna, he said.
gpt
Good heavens, don't say you have seen photographs of it! You cannot imagine the beauty of the thing itself. I have given directions for the remodeling of the south wall of my library in the Ossining house for its occupancy. It will hang all alone on that wall--it's only a small picture, you know, so I have had Hasbrock, the architect, design some panels to encircle it I hope it is going to please you, Alicia.
human
What? said Mr. Pegg twirling round suddenly from the bowl of ripe olives with which he was occupied.
gpt
What's that? Why should Alicia be pleased?
human
She's going to live there with it! said Markheim.
gpt
She promised this afternoon!
human
Oh, no!
gpt
Yes, father,
human
Well, I'll be damned! he said.
gpt
Think of my Peaches picking out a friend of her father's! Why, Markheim, you must be somewhere near my own age!
human
Why, pa, how rude! said Alicia.
gpt
Aren't you going to kiss me? And you too, Free! Stop standing there like a dummy! People get married all the time--there's nothing unusual about it, you poor nuts! Come on, congratulate us!