human
I was proud of you, Katie,
gpt
I take no pride in your approval!
human
You made a great hit, Katie.
gpt
Not with myself.
human
Katie, he suddenly demanded,
gpt
You wouldn't understand,
human
Well, I'm afraid I wouldn't. I don't want to be harsh--when you've had such a hard day, but it looks to me as if you broke the rules.
gpt
What rules?
human
Our rules. You didn't play the game fair, Katie--presenting her here. I never would have done that.
gpt
No, she said,
human
I know. You put what you call the rules of life so far above life itself.
gpt
And look here, Katie, what's this about Prescott? I'm not going to have him hurt. If he doesn't know the situation, and has any thought of marrying her--why I'm in honor bound to tell him.
human
Oh you are, are you? Well if your honor moves you to that I'll have a few things to say about that same 'honor' of yours! To our distinguished guest of this evening, for instance,
gpt
Oh come now, Katie, you and I are not going to quarrel.
human
No, not if you can help it. That wouldn't be your way. But do you know what I think of the 'game' you play?
gpt
I think it's a game for cheats.
human
That's not the sort of thing you can say to a man, Katie,
gpt
A game for cheats, she repeated.
human
The cheats who cheat with life--and then make rules around their cheating and boast about the 'honor' of keeping those rules. You'd scorn a man who cheated at cards. Oh you're very virtuous--all of you--in your scorn of lesser cheats. What's cards compared with the divinest thing in life!
gpt
I tell you, I played fair,
human
Why to be sure you did--according to the rules laid down by the cheats!
gpt
We'll move heaven and earth to get her back!
human
Oh Katie--you might have told _me_!