human
If he hasn't already, Sally persisted;
gpt
Aren't you rushing things a little? Beatrix inquired languidly.
human
Please do remember that I only met Mr. Lorimer at the Horse Show, and that it is three weeks to Lent.
gpt
That's nothing, Sally replied flatly, but flippantly.
human
You subjugated Eric Stanford in half that time, and his gray matter has been in a pulpy condition ever since.
gpt
I didn't know it.
human
About his gray matter?
gpt
Oh, that is congenital trouble. I mean I didn't know that I had subjugated him. Besides, that is different. He was Bobby Dane's chum, and we took him into the family.
human
Took him in all over,
gpt
I am so sorry, she said, as she rose;
human
For the most ignominious of reasons. I'm not bidden. Mrs. Stanley and I were on a committee together, once upon a time. We squabbled over some amateur theatricals, and she has cut my acquaintance ever since. I always did say that there is nothing like amateur theatricals for bringing out all the worst vices of humanity. If a Shakespearian revival ever reaches the heavenly host, Gabriel and Michael will have to play Othello and Iago turn and turn about, to prevent ill-feeling. Beatrix?
gpt
Well?
human
What do you honestly think of Mr. Lorimer?
gpt
That he is the most interesting man we have met, this season.
human
That's not saying any too much. Still, it is an admission. Are you going to marry him?
gpt
He hasn't asked me.
human
But he will.
gpt
How do you know?
human
I do know.
gpt
I'm not so sure of it.
human
But if he does?
gpt
I--I'm not so sure of that, either.
human
Beatrix! Why not?